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Hesiod calls the stars the Atlageneis, possibly meaning "born from Atlas", although linguistic considerations suggests that the epithet refers to some geographic location. [18] The lyric poet Simonides of Ceos (c. 556–468 BC), is the first (datable) source to connect the name of the star-cluster with the seven daughters of Atlas. [19]
Atlas and the Hesperides by John Singer Sargent (1925).. The etymology of the name Atlas is uncertain. Virgil took pleasure in translating etymologies of Greek names by combining them with adjectives that explained them: for Atlas his adjective is durus, "hard, enduring", [9] which suggested to George Doig that Virgil was aware of the Greek τλῆναι "to endure"; Doig offers the further ...
Asterope was the daughter of Atlas and Pleione, born to them at Mount Cyllene in Arcadia. She was the wife of King Oenomaus of Pisa, or according to some accounts, his mother by Ares [3] or Hyperochus. [3] Sterope was also credited to be the mother of Evenus (father of Marpessa) by Ares. [4]
The Hesperides are also listed as the daughters of Atlas [5] and Hesperis, [6] or of Phorcys and Ceto, [7] or of Zeus and Themis. [8] In a Roman literary source, the nymphs are simply said to be the daughters of Hesperus, embodiment of the "west". [9] The Garden of the Hesperides by Frederick, Lord Leighton, 1892.
Jessica Alba's girls are headed back to school looking so grown up! On Monday, the 42-year-old actress took to her Instagram to share a first day of school photo of her two daughters, 15-year-old ...
Penelope had a prominent role on her mother's hit Peacock sitcom, Girls5Eva, as a 9-year-old, but getting the part was harder than you may think. " Our daughter Penelope ended up being in the show .
Shay Mitchell is opening up about the less-than-kind comments she's received after giving birth to her daughter, Atlas, in 2019. The 34-year-old actress covers Women's Health's June 2021 issue ...
The Hyades were daughters of Atlas (by either Pleione or Aethra, one of the Oceanids) and sisters of Hyas in most tellings, although one version gives their parents as Hyas and Boeotia. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The Hyades are sisters to the Pleiades and the Hesperides .