atlantides Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera
    Hesperides.

WordNet

At*lan"ti*des noun plural
Etymology
L. See Atlantes.
Definitions
  1. The Pleiades or seven stars, fabled to have been the daughters of Atlas.

Webster 1913