找到神谱有关拉冬的原文,根据神谱,拉冬是福尔库斯和刻托的子嗣。并且在此处做出一个纠正,拉冬之死来自于罗德岛的阿波罗尼奥斯所著的阿戈尔英雄纪,而非神谱。原文描述如下:But now the snake, struck down by Herakles, lay by the trunk of the apple-tree, Only the tip of his tail was still twitching; from the head down, his dark spine showed not a sign of life.
There was a man here yesterday, and evil man, who killed the watching snake, stole our golden apples, and is gone. To us he brought unspeakable sorrow the bow and arrows with which he shot our monster here.
从这两段描述中可以看出赫斯珀里得斯与拉冬之间是有感情的,拉冬并非无情的野兽,而是赫斯珀里得斯的朋友。
