Pleione (mythology)

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Pleione (Greek: Πληιόνη, later Πλειόνη; /ˈplaɪəniː/,[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 (the Hyades).

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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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