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  2. Maia - Wikipedia

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    Maia is the daughter of Atlas [3] [4] and Pleione the Oceanid, and is the oldest of the seven Pleiades. [5] They were born on Mount Cyllene in Arcadia, [4] and are sometimes called mountain nymphs, oreads; Simonides of Ceos sang of "mountain Maia" (Maiados oureias) "of the lovely black eyes."

  3. Pleiades (Greek mythology) - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Maia (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Maia people, an indigenous tribe of Western Australia; Maia (star), the fourth-brightest star in the Pleiades open-star cluster; F.C. Maia, a Portuguese football club; Short S.21 Maia, a piggyback long-range flying boat combination "-maia" or "maia-", an affix derived from the mythological Maia, used to describe maternal roles in taxonomy

  5. Merope (Pleiad) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Pleione (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Pleione (Ancient Greek: Πληιόνη or Πλειόνη [1]) was an Oceanid nymph in Greek mythology and mother of the Pleiades. Pleione presided over the multiplication of the flocks, fitting, since the meaning of her name is: "to increase in number" [ 2 ] (from πλεῖων "more").

  7. List of blue straggler stars - Wikipedia

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    Pleiades Cluster 3 Maia (20 Tauri) 380 ± 10: 1: B8III: 3.87: Atlas (27 Tauri) 431 ± 13: 1: B8III: 3.63: Taygeta: 440: 2: B6IV: 4.30 [4] Messier 67 (King Cobra or ...

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  9. Arcas - Wikipedia

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    Arcas was given into a care of one of the Pleiades, Maia. There, Arcas safely lived until one day, during one of the court feasts held by king Lycaon (Arcas' maternal grandfather), Arcas was placed upon the burning altar as a sacrifice to the gods. He then said to Zeus, "If you think that you are so clever, make your son whole and un-harmed".