Eldest of the Pleiades and mother of Hermes by Zeus. The month of May may be named after her Roman counterpart.
From Arcadia. Today: central Peloponnese, Greece.
Strength 3/10 · Wisdom 6/10 · Courage 5/10 · Divinity 7/10 · Fame 3/10
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Read about them in the Library
- Theogony and Works and Days 6: The wives and children of Zeus
- Library of Apollodorus 13: Sparta, Troy and the children of Atlas
Ancient sources
- The Homeric Hymns
In the sky and in space
- StarsThe Pleiades
The Seven Sisters, a sparkling star cluster in Taurus. They were the daughters of Atlas, one of them Maia, mother of Hermes. Zeus put them in the sky to escape Orion. In Japan the cluster is called Subaru, like the car badge.