Pleione (mythology)
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Pleione (
/ˈplaɪ.əniː/; from the Greek Πληιόνη, later Πλειόνη[1]) was an Oceanid nymph. She lived in a southern region of Greece called Arcadia, on a mountain named Mount Kyllini. She married Atlas and gave birth to the Hyades, Hyas and the Pleiades.
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[edit] The Pleiades
These seven daughters were thought to have committed suicide, either over their father's death, or their sibling's. One of the daughters is thought to have helped Herculues, the son of Zeus.
[edit] References
- ^ Harry Thurston Peck's Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898) indicates that the 'o' has traditionally been short (and hence unstressed) in English pronunciation.
[edit] Sources
- "Pleiades (mythology)." Encarta Reference Library. CD-ROM. 2002 ed. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corp., 2001.
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