Pleiades (In Greek mythology

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• Pleiades (Greek mythology) — For the Pleiades in other mythologies, see Pleiades in folklore and literature. The Pleiades (1885) by the Symbolist painter Elihu Vedder The Pleiades ( …   Wikipedia

• Greek mythology — noun the mythology of the ancient Greeks • Members of this Topic: ↑Dionysian, ↑Trojan War, ↑Augean stables, ↑Pandora s box, ↑Temple of Apollo, ↑Oracle of Apollo, ↑Delphic oracle, ↑oracle of Delphi, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Aethra (Greek mythology) — In Greek mythology, Aethra or Aithra (Ancient Greek: Αἴθρα, the bright sky [Robert Graves, The Greek Myths , (1955; 1960) index, s.v. Aethra .] ) was a name applied to three individuals:Mother of TheseusAethra was a daughter of King Pittheus of… …   Wikipedia

• Pleiades (disambiguation) — Pleiades can refer to: *Pleiades (star cluster) open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus *Pleiades (mythology) seven sisters of Greek mythology *Pleiades (company) a software and educational services company *Pleiads a video game for the …   Wikipedia

• Greek astronomy — is the astronomy of those who wrote in the Greek language in classical antiquity. It is understood to include the ancient Greek, Hellenistic, Greco Roman, and Late Antiquity eras. It is not limited geographically to Greece or to ethnic Greeks, as …   Wikipedia

• Pleiades (mythology) — This article is about Greek mythology. The Pleiades star cluster also appears in many other mythologies mdash; see Pleiades (star cluster). For alternate meanings see Pleiades (disambiguation). The Pleiades (IPA|/ˈplaɪədiːz/, also… …   Wikipedia

• Pleiades — This article is about the star cluster. For other uses, see Pleiades (disambiguation). Pleiades A color composite image of the Pleiades from the Digitized Sky Survey. Credit: NASA/ESA/AURA/Caltech …   Wikipedia

• Pleiades — /plee euh deez , pluy /, n.pl. 1. Class. Myth. seven daughters of Atlas and half sisters of the Hyades, placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion. One of them (the Lost Pleiad) hides, either from grief or shame. 2. Astron. a… …   Universalium

• Pleiades — Plei|a|des the Pleiades a) a group of stars in the ↑constellation called ↑Taurus b) in ancient Greek ↑mythology, the seven daughters of Atlas, who were changed into stars by Zeus …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Pleiades — noun plural Etymology: Latin, from Greek Date: 14th century 1. the seven daughters of Atlas turned into a group of stars in Greek mythology 2. a conspicuous cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus that includes six stars in the form of a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• PLEIADES —    in the Greek mythology seven sisters, daughters of Atlas, transformed into stars, six of them visible and one invisible, and forming the group on the shoulders of Taurus in the zodiac; in the last week of May they rise and set with the sun… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia