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THE DRAGON OF CYRENAICA

on Third Programme

The litter-boxes in Benghazi, eastern capital of Libya, carry an image of Ladon, the dragon who once protected the golden apples of the Garden of the Hesperides.
GWYN WILLIAMS, Professor of English in the University of Libya, speculates on the antecedents and relations of the mythical beast.

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