Pleiades
Publié le 22/02/2012
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(Sailing Ones) Greek Seven daughters
of Atlas and Pleione, one of the Oceanids; sisters
of the Hyades. Their names were Alcyone, Asterope,
Celaene, Electra, Maia (1), Merope, and Taygete.
They were placed among the stars to save them from
being pursued by Orion. They are sometimes called
"the Seven Sisters."
Astronomically, the Pleiades is a cluster of stars
easily seen in the Taurus constellation. One of the
stars is invisible to the naked eye. Some say that the
"Lost Pleiad" is Merope, who married a mortal and
hides herself in shame. Others say that the lost star is
Electra, who fades away from grief at the fall of Troy.
The ancients believed that when they could see
the cluster of stars ("the Sailing Ones") the weather
was auspicious for sailing.
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- Maia (1) Greek Daughter of Atlas and Pleione, the eldest and most beautiful of the Pleiades (the Seven Sisters).
- Merope Greek Daughter of Atlas and Pleione; wife of Sisyphus; one of the "Seven Sisters" called the Pleiades.
- Pleiades (Sailing Ones) Greek Seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, one of the Oceanids; sisters of the Hyades.
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