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Pleiades (Greek mythology)
The Pleiades ( or ; Greek: , Modern ), companions of Artemis, were the seven daughters of the titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione born on Mount Cyllene. They are the sisters of Calypso, Hyas, the Hyades, and the Hesperides. The Pleiades were nymphs in the train of Artemis, and together with the seven Hyades were called the Atlantides, Dodonides, or Nysiades, nursemaids and teachers to the infant Bacchus.

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Atlantides
Noun
1. (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera
(synonym) Hesperides
(hypernym) nymph
(classification) Greek mythology


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Atlantides
(n. pl.)
The Pleiades or seven stars, fabled to have been the daughters of Atlas.
  

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Atlantides
[Greek] In Greek mythology, Atlantides was the name given to the Pleiades, who were fabled to be the seven daughters of Atlas. and Pleione. The Pleiades were Alcyone, Eletra, Celaeno, Maia, Sterope, Merope, and Taygete. They were turned into doves by Zeus and their image was put into the stars. Zeus did this to save them from the attention of Orion.

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Atlantides In Greek mythology, the offspring of Atlas, including the Pleiades, Hyades, and sometimes the Hesperides. {}


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