The Three Golden Apples - A Greek Myth Bedtime Story (Encore)
Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Taesha Glasgow
4 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Tonight's bedtime story is The Three Golden Apples - an adaptation of a Greek myth by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was first published in 1851 in his collection of stories called "A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys". A retelling of a Greek myth featuring the hero Hercules and his quest to retrieve three golden apples from the garden of the Hesperides.
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. Welcome to the Just Sleep podcast. I'm Tasia, your host. |
| 0:16.2 | Every week, I will read you an old story to help you relax, put the stressful day behind you, |
| 0:24.1 | and drift off to sleep. |
| 0:35.9 | Occasionally, we will run ads in order to cover the costs of the production of the podcast. |
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