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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. The King of Queens - Wikipedia

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    The King of Queens is an American television sitcom that ran on CBS from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007, a total of nine seasons and 207 episodes.The series was created by Michael J. Weithorn and David Litt, who also served as the show's executive producer, and stars Kevin James and Leah Remini as Doug and Carrie Heffernan, a working-class couple living in Rego Park, Queens.

  4. Maia (star) - Wikipedia

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    Maia / ˈ m eɪ ə /, designated 20 Tauri (abbreviated 20 Tau), is a star in the constellation of Taurus. It is a blue giant of spectral type B8 III, a chemically peculiar star, and the prototype of the Maia variable class of variable star. Maia is the fourth-brightest star in the Pleiades open star cluster (Messier 45), after Alcyone, Atlas ...

  5. List of The King of Queens episodes - Wikipedia

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    The King of Queens is an American television sitcom created by Michael J. Weithorn and David Litt and starring Kevin James and Leah Remini, that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1998, and ended on May 14, 2007. A total of 207 episodes were produced, spanning nine seasons.

  6. 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 ...

  7. 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

  8. 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 ...

  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".