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The Pleiades' parents were the Titan Atlas [5] and the Oceanid Pleione [6] born on Mount Cyllene. In some accounts, their mother was called Aethra, another Oceanid. [7] Aside from the above-mentioned sisters (the Hyades), the Pleiades' other siblings were Hyas and the nymph Calypso who was famous in the tale of Odysseus.
The astrological Pleiades were described in Three Books of Occult Philosophy by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (Köln, 1533, but published manuscript as early as 1510). In Western astrology they represent coping with sorrow [19] and were considered a single one of the medieval fixed stars. As such, they are associated with quartz [citation needed ...
The Gaia Data Release 1 team were cautious about their result, and the VLBI authors assert "that the Hipparcos-measured distance to the Pleiades cluster is in error". The most recent distance estimate of the distance to the Pleiades based on the Gaia Data Release 3 is 135.74 ± 0.10 pc .
The Pleiades were nymphs, and along with their half sisters, were called Atlantides, Modonodes, or Nysiades and were the caretakers of the infant Bacchus. [4] Orion pursued the Pleiades named Maia, Electra, Taygete, Celaeno, Alcyone, Sterope, and Merope after he fell in love with their beauty and grace. Artemis asked Zeus to protect the ...
Pleione was the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys who were the Titan God and Goddess of bodies of water. [3] Pleione was mother to seven daughters, known as the Pleiades. Their names were: Maia, Electra, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope and Merope. [3] She is often said to be the mother of Calypso with Atlas as well. [4]
Electra, along with the rest of the Pleiades, were transformed into stars by Zeus. By some accounts she was the one star among seven of the constellation not easily seen because, since she could not bear to look upon the destruction of Troy, she hid her eyes, or turned away; or in her grief, she abandoned her sisters and became a comet. [3]
The Pleiades (Πλειάδες), goddesses of the star cluster Pleiades and were associated with rain Alcyone (Αλκυόνη) Sterope (Στερόπη) Celaeno (Κελαινώ) Electra (Ηλέκτρα) Maia (Μαία) Merope (Μερώπη) Taygete (Ταϋγέτη) Sabazios (Σαβάζιος), the nomadic horseman and sky father god of the ...
Pages in category "Pleiades (Greek mythology)" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...