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| | Pleiades (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | All of the Pleiades except Merope consorted with gods. | | | The Pleiades Πληιόνης (pleye'-a-deez, also plee'-a-deez), companions of Artemis (ar'-te-mis), were the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas (at'-las) and the sea-nymph Pleione (pleye-oh'-nee) born on Mount Cyllene (seye-lee'-nee). | | | Maia (may'-a, also meye'-a), eldest of the seven Pleiades, was mother of Hermes by Zeus. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades_(mythology)
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| | Pleiades |
| | Pleiades (mythology), in Greek mythology, the seven daughters of Atlas and of Pleione, the daughter of Oceanus. | | | Maia, in Greek mythology, the eldest of the seven Pleiades, the children of Atlas and Pleione. | | | The Pleiades have been the subject of a plethora of myths and tales from a variety of cultures; they are best known, however, as the seven sisters from Greek mythology. |
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http://www.kitezh.com/sevensisters/pleiades.htm
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| | PLEIADES - LoveToKnow Article on PLEIADES |
| | All the Pleiades became the ancestresses of divine or heroic families. | | | , in Greek mythology, the seven daughters of Atlas and PleIone, and sisters of the Hyades. | | | One of these doves was always lost during the passage of the Planctae (wandering rocks), referring to the fact that one of the seven Pleiades was always invisible. |
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http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/P/PL/PLEIADES.htm
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| | Alcyone. |
| | In the Hindu lunar zodiac the Pleiades are the 1st nakshatra, Krittika "The General of the Celestial Armies". | | | Beneath their influence devotees of Bacchus (god of wine) and Venus (goddess of love) are born into the kindly light, and people whose insouciance runs free at feasts and banquets and who strive to provoke sweet mirth with biting wit. | | | The Krittikas were the six nurses of Skanda, the infant god of war, who took to himself six heads for his better nourishment. |
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http://www.winshop.com.au/annew/Alcyone.html
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| | Pleiades and Orion |
| | I could care less about Pleiades or Orion if I were in the condition in which Job found himself, but there is a spiritual teaching that God gave to Job that I want to leave with you in the message this morning. | | | Greek mythology says, however, that actually these were the seven daughters of Atlas. | | | Orion, in Greek mythology, was a great giant, the son of Neptune. |
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http://www.baptist-city.com/sermons/pleiades.htm
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| | Zodiac Mythology |
| | Greek mythology states that the King of Thessaly had two children who, abused by their stepmother were rescued by a ram with a golden fleece sent by the god Hermes. | | | In Greek mythology, Aquarius was 'cup-bearer to the Gods' (Ganymede). | | | In Greco-Roman mythology, Aphrodite and her son Heros were being pursued by the monster Typhon. |
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http://www.rrtearoom.com/horoscope/mythology.htm
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| | Atlas, in Greek mythology, a Titan; son of Iapetus and Clymene and the brother of Prometheus. | | | Annotated, hyperlinked Bulfinch's Mythology - Chapter 15: The Graeae and The Gorgons, Perseus and Medusa, Atlas, Andromeda. | | | Atlas was a god in ancient Greek mythology. |
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http://www.maps-universe.com/articles/2/atlas-greek-mythology.html
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| | The Pleiades in mythology Pleiade |
| | In Greek mythology, the Pleiades were seven sisters: Maia, Electra, Alcyone, Taygete, Asterope, Celaeno and Merope. | | | He is the Hindu god of masculinity, war and leader of the armies of the gods. | | | The name Kartikeya means "him of the Pleiades". |
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http://www.pleiade.org/pleiades_02.html
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| | Pleiades -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | in Greek mythology, the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione: Maia, Electra, Taygete, Celaeno, Alcyone, Sterope, and Merope. | | | in Greek mythology, the five (or more) sisters of the Pleiades who nursed the infant wine god, Dionysus, and as a reward were made the five stars in the head of the constellation Taurus, the bull. | | | They all fell in love with gods (except Merope, who loved a mortal) and were the mothers of gods. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9060393
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| | Taurus: Bullish on Winter |
| | The Pleiades and the Hyades, the V shaped star cluster of Taurus' head also have their places in Greek Mythology. | | | The Hyades and Pleiades are half sisters of each other who share Atlas as their father. | | | Taurus on the other hand makes a grand entrance on autumn evenings preceded by the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters. |
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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bmoler/taurus.htm
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| | The Pleiades |
| | The analysis of the spectra of the Pleiades nebulae by Vesto M. Slipher in 1912 revealed their nature as reflection nebulae, as their spectra are exact copies of the spectra of the stars illuminating them. | | | The Pleiades were the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, and half-sisters of the Hyades, whose mother was Ethra (`bright sky'; a different Ethra than the mother of Theseus). | | | The Pleiades also carry the name "Seven Sisters"; according to Greek mythology, seven daughters and their parents. |
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http://www.eso.org/outreach/eduoff/edu-prog/catchastar/casreports-2004/rep-237/HTML/site.html
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| | fUSION Anomaly. Pleiades |
| | Pleiades (mythology), in Greek mythology, seven daughters of Atlas. | | | The cluster was named by the ancient Greeks after the "Seven Sisters" of mythology. | | | Orion, they were rescued by the gods and then changed into doves. |
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http://fusionanomaly.net/pleiades.html
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| | HYADES 1, Greek Mythology Link. |
| | The rest of the sisters, who also died of grief although for the death of the HYADES 1, were called PLEIADES, some say because of their number, others because of their mother, and still others for other reasons. | | | Also the HYADES 1, who previously were the NYMPHS DODONIDES [see NYMPHS], are called nurses of Dionysus 2, and it is said that they, and not Hermes, delivered the god, when he still was a defenceless child, to Athamas 1's wife Ino, so that she and her husband should rear him. | | | For it has also been said that Atlas had by Pleione twelve daughters, and a son Hyas, who was killed by a wild boar or a lion. |
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http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/HYADES1.html
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| | The Pleiades |
| | He waited until the house was completed and all its architects had gathered there to celebrate their success in disposing of the giant; then, with of an explosion, Zipacna rose suddenly under the foundations and the earth itself quaked and rose with him. | | | The Blackfoot Indians of North America, tell of six brothers whose family was very poor and could not provide the boys with the kinds of buffalo robes worn by other boys in the tribe. | | | They no longer dare brag aloud how beautiful they are, but when the nights are dark and quiet they still lean down close to Earth to see themselves in the mirror of the oceans, and then they know that they have no equal. |
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http://www.coldwater.k12.mi.us/lms/planetarium/myth/pleiades.html
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| | Academy Learning Session: Pleiades |
| | The Pleiades, in Greek mythology, are the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione (named Alcyone, Merope, Electra, Celaeno, Taygeta, Maia, and Asterope). | | | The ancient Egyptians also singled out the Pleiades as a female goddess, probably most often recognized as Neith, the “divine mother”, or Hathor, who took on the form of a cow (who carried the seeds of life). | | | Sometimes not only is the Pleiades in its zenith over Mesoamerica, but this alignment also comes into a full conjunction with the sun (as we will see again in the 21st Century). |
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http://www.keysofenoch.org/html/academy_learning_session__plei.html
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| | ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Alcyone |
| | Pleiades (mythology), in Greek mythology, the seven daughters of Atlas and of Pleione, the daughter of Oceanus. | | | Alcyone, in Greek mythology, the daughter of Aeolus (god of the winds) and wife of Ceyx. | | | She and her husband were changed into kingfishers after Ceyx... |
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http://au.encarta.msn.com/Alcyone.html
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| | Seven Stars Mythology |
| | In Greek mythology the seven stars of The Pleiades represented the seven daughters of the god and goddess Atlas and Pleione. | | | The Pleiades contains many stars but only six, or sometimes seven, can be seen by the naked eye. | | | In Assyrian, Babylonian and later art, seven dots (and sometimes seven stars) are associated with the Pleiades and also represent a group of gods called 'The Seven'. |
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http://www.c.gordon.dial.pipex.com/sevenstars/7Smyth.html
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| | Pleiades / Photon Belt |
| | This mythology seems to be based on a heady mixture of pseudoscience, channelled messages from alleged space entities, biblical prophesy, ignorance and a liberal dose of naivete. | | | I am sorry to say that this story, as romantic as it may be, has absolutely no basis in fact. | | | This enlightenment cannot be imposed by external forces. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/8148/pleiades.html
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| | Taurus, Pleiades, Suns and precession on Dowth kerbstone |
| | It is to mythology, and particularly the ancient story about how Dowth was built, which reveals an ancient astronomical symbolism which may help to explain something about the meaning of the 'Place of Darkness'. | | | Given that there are seven "suns" on kerb 51, and that the mythology about Dowth speaks of a bull and seven cows, it seems likely that the site has some connection with the constellation of Taurus, the Bull, which contains the open cluster the Pleiades, otherwise known as "The Seven Sisters". | | | It is the Sun's position among the zodiac stars at this time which determines the current 'age' – i.e. |
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http://www.mythicalireland.com/ancientsites/dowth/candlelight.html
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| | Special Topics in Folklore and Mythology |
| | Pleiades Mythology by Steven Gibson provides an overview of the extensive mythology associated with the Pleiades or "seven sisters" star cluster. | | | Clio: Women in Mythology, Religion and Herstory by Rebecca Salek offers stories and essays about creation, the descent of the gods, goddesses, muses, amazons, and women and religion. | | | Constellations by Frank presents the history and mythology surrounding those shapes in the night sky. |
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http://www.pibburns.com/mythtopi.htm
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| | Apollonius.Net - The Day Of The Dead |
| | Too much of our planet's mythology, religion and history is centered around the Pleiades for all of this to be merely coincidental. | | | Mayan and Incan civilizations fervently worshipped the Pleiades. | | | They claimed that their ancestors and "gods" had hailed from the Pleiades. |
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| | The Seven Sisters of the Pleiades, by Munya Andrews, exploring cultural symbols, mythology, wisdom and science ... |
| | Legends of the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades. | | | The Seven Sisters of the Pleiades, by Muna Andrews, exploring cultural symbols, mythology, wisdom and science contained in stories of the Pleiades from around the world. | | | The Seven Sisters of the Pleiades, by Munya Andrews, exploring cultural symbols, mythology, wisdom and science contained in stories of the Pleiades from around the world, culture, symbols, stories related to stars |
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| | Greek Mythology: PLEIADES Star Nymphs, Constellation ( also Pleiad Pleias Vergiliae ) |
| | The Pleiades are called seven in number, but only six can be seen. | | | On account of her other sisters she was placed among the constellations, but because she married a mortal, her star is dim. | | | The remaining ten brooded over the death of their sisters, and brought death on themselves; because so may experienced the same grief, they were called Pleiades. |
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http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NymphaiPleiades.html
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| | Pleiades on Encyclopedia.com |
| | PLEIADES [Pleiades] in Greek mythology, seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione. | | | Mask of Black God: the Pleiades in Navajo cosmology. | | | According to one legend they were the attendants of Artemis and were changed into stars by the gods when they were pursued by the amorous hunter Orion. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/P/Pleiades2.asp
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| | Wordsmyth |
| | in Greek mythology, the seven daughters of Atlas. |
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| | MSN Encarta - Related Items - Ancient Greece |
| | mythology and religion – gods and other immortals | | | , in Greek mythology, seven daughters of Atlas and of Pleione, the daughter of Oceanus. | | | Hellenistic Age, when Greek culture spread into the Middle East |
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http://encarta.msn.com/related_1741501460_22.58/Pleiades_daughters_of_Atlas_and_Pleione.html
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| | Pleiades - Crystalinks |
| | The Pleiades (also known as M45 or the Seven Sisters) is an open cluster in the constellation of Taurus. | | | It is among the nearest to the Earth of all open clusters, probably the best known and certainly the most striking to the naked eye. | | | In Greek mythology, they represented the Seven Sisters, while to the Vikings, they were Freya's hens, and their name in many old European languages compares them to a hen with chicks. |
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| | The Pleiadians /Insights from SpiritNetwork |
| | Atleast six of the stars in the Pleiades star-system can be seen with the naked eye, but Atlas and Pleione are not Pleiades, rather the parents of the Seven Sisters according to Mythology. | | | Many believe that it is even possible that Greek Mythology is based on on fact and that these large Gods were actually Pleiadians. | | | This cluster called Pleiades is also known as the Seven Sisters. |
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http://www.spiritnetwork.com/insights/indexpleiad.html
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| | New Riders' Offical WWW Directory, 5th Edition Mythology |
| | A FAQ under construction, it has the basics of Norse mythology, as well as lists of the major gods and goddesses of the mythos. | | | A small site concerning the mythology of the Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters. | | | Here you'll find sites about mythology, from faeries and folklore to gods and goddess of Greek and Norse mythology. |
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| | PLEIADES, Greek Mythology Link. |
| | It is said that the PLEIADES are seven in number but only six can be seen. | | | Some say that the reason is that all mated with immortals except one of them (Merope 1). | | | This is the one of the PLEIADES who consecrated to Artemis the Cerynitian Hind with the golden horns that Heracles 1 had to fetch. |
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| | Merope |
| | A Greek mythological figure, Merope is one of the seven Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione. | | | One time they prayed to the gods for rescue. | | | Merope did not love Orion and married a mortal, Sisyphus/ |
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| | Maia in Greek Mythology |
| | In Greek Mythology, Maia was one of The Pleiades. | | | The Pleiades were seven beautiful mountain nymphe daughters of Atlas that had violet colored hair. | | | All but one were loved by gods and they became the ancestresses of many of the royal families of Greece. |
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| | Atlas and Pleione had seven daughters called the Pleiades, whose names were Alkyone, Merope, Kelaino, Elektra, Sterope, Taygete, and Maia. | | | His brothers were Prometheus who stole from the gods seven times and Atlas also had a son named Epetheumus. | | | Atlas had Hercules to hold up the heavens while Atlas went to look for his daughters, who had the apples. |
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| | Pleiades |
| | In mythology, the Sisters (the stars to the right) are the daughters of Atlas and Pleione (to the left). | | | Only one, Alcyone, carries a Greek letter name. | | | The famed Pleiades, or Seven Sisters star cluster, lies 425 light years away in the constellation Taurus. |
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| | Messier 45 |
| | The Pleiades are, according to Greek mythology, the seven daughters of Atlas, the titan who holds up the sky, and the Oceanid named Pleione. | | | Description: The Seven Sisters, or Subaru (open cluster) | | | Celaeno has often been called the "Lost Pleiad" because she was hit by lightning according to mythology. |
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| | Pleiades - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Pleiades (mythology) - the seven sisters of Greek mythology; | | | Pleiades (volcano group) - a group of volcanoes in Antarctica; | | | Pleiades (star cluster) - an open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus; |
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| | The Official Graham Hancock Website: Forum |
| | And this was the day of the New Fire ceremony: in AD 1507 it was November 14 | | | The New Fire ceremony occurred at the end of each Calendar Round of 52 years. | | | The concept of Father Sun being reborn at the end of the age is very similar to the events in Maya Creation mythology (the Popol Vuh) in which First Father / One Hunahpu is reborn in the underworld ballcourt. |
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http://www.grahamhancock.com/forum/JenkinsJM1-p1.htm
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| | Pleiades |
| | The Pleiades are the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione. | | | When Orion, a beautiful hunter, pursued them and their mother, they prayed to the gods for rescue. | | | Article "Pleiades" created on 03 March 1997; last modified on 18 May 1999 (Revision 2). |
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| | PLEIADES : Spiritual beings from Greek Mythology |
| | They all had casting couch affairs with leading directors of the day except one, Merore, who was propositioned by SISYPHUS, a pushy mortal so she doesn't get to shine so brightly as the others. | | | PLEIADES: More daughters of ATLAS who sought stardom after nearly having their careers ruined by ORION. |
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http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/greek-mythology.php?deity=PLEIADES
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| | The Mythology of the Constellations |
| | By the 5th century B.C., however, most of the constellations had come to be associated with myths, and the Catasterismi of Eratosthenes completed the mythologization of the stars. | | | "At this stage, the fusion between astronomy and mythology is so complete that no further distinction is made between them"--the stars were no longer merely identified with certain gods or heroes, but actually were perceived as divine | | | The earliest references to the mythological significance of the Greek constellations may be found in the works of Homer, which probably date to the 7th century B.C. In the Iliad, for instance, Homer describes the creation of Achilleus's shield by the craftsman god Hephaistos: |
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| | 4 Pleiades (M45) |
| | The "Seven Sisters" of mythology located in the constellation Taurus (the bull). | | | The Pleiades is sometimes referred to as Messier 45 (or M45), the 45th entry on a list compiled by Charles Messier in the 18th century of objects that could be seen in the night sky that were resolved with a state-of-the-art telescope and therefore appeared fuzzy. | | | Pleiades is about 380 light years from earth and about 100 x 10 |
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http://www.people.memphis.edu/~jschmelz/pages/04_M45_Pleiades.htm
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| | Constellation Scorpius |
| | Her sons came down from the vault of Heaven to visit their mother, who lived on the atoll Alinablab. | | | Pleiades did not object to his mother boarding his canoe or her bringing seven possessions. | | | Finally only the youngest son, Pleiades, was left. |
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| | Constellation of the Month (CoM) - December |
| | Associated Mythology - The Pleiades were the seven daughters of Atlas, the Titan who holds up the sky. | | | All but one married gods; she was so ashamed, she hasn't shown her light since. | | | All of the names of the Pleiades are Greek. |
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| | Pleiades - Free Encyclopedia |
| | In Greek mythology, the Seven Sisters were traditionally identified as: | | | This relatively nearby cluster (about 380 light years) is also known as the Seven Sisters although from cities only the five or six brightest stars are visible. | | | Even in historical Europe, especially in Greek circles, the Pleiades were a common vision test. |
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| | There are only 6 stars in this cluster that are considered bright enough to see with the naked eye; this supposedly gave rise to the legends of the "lost sister" Merope (one says that she hides out of shame because she alone of the Sisters married a mortal, Sisyphus). | | | Response #: 2 of 2 Author: rcwinther In Greek mythology, the Pleiades were daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, and were companions of the goddess Artemis. | | | Response #: 1 of 2 Author: hawley I can tell you a little off the top of my head: Pleiades is Greek and are also known as the seven sisters (because there are 7 stars you can see on a good clear night) from a story in Greek mythology. |
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http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/newton/askasci/1995/astron/AST168.HTM
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| | Venus and the Pleiades |
| | The History and Mythology of the Pleiades -- (SEDS) | | | The Pleiades didn't exist when Venus first emerged from the protosolar nebula 4.5 billion years ago. | | | This weekend, Venus and the Pleiades are coming together. |
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| | Greek Mythology |
| | JOIN OUR MAILING LIST - Ask and Discuss Greek Mythology Issues | | | Search All Texts and All Online Books in one click | | | It also has full text of Greek Mythology and Literature books. |
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| | MSN Encarta - Encyclopedia Article Center - Mythology |
| | MSN Encarta - Encyclopedia Article Center - Mythology | | | Search more than 4,500 articles on the world of knowledge--from aardvark to Zambia. | | | Get going on papers, presentations, and more with step-by-step guides. |
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