Pleiades (Sailing Ones) Greek Seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, one of the Oceanids; sisters of the Hyades.
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Pleiades (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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- Merope Greek Daughter of Atlas and Pleione; wife of Sisyphus; one of the "Seven Sisters" called the Pleiades.
- Maia (1) Greek Daughter of Atlas and Pleione, the eldest and most beautiful of the Pleiades (the Seven Sisters).
- Erytheia (Erythia; Dazzling Light) Greek A Dryad, or wood Nymph; one of the sisters known as the Hesperides; either the daughters of Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night) or the daughters of Atlas and Pleione or Hesperis.
- Neda Greek One of the oldest of the Oceanids, sea Nymph daughters of the Titan gods, Oceanus and Tethys; considered by many Greek writers to be a second-generation Titan.
- Pleione Greek Daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys; a nymph, one of the eldest among the thousands of daughters born of this union who were themselves considered by many writers to be Titans.