Pleione
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Greek Daughter of the Titans Oceanus
and Tethys; a nymph, one of the eldest among the
thousands of daughters born of this union who were
themselves considered by many writers to be Titans.
Pleione and her sisters were guardians of bodies of
water. She was the consort of Atlas and with him the
mother of the Pleiades.
Pleione means "to increase in number." Some
scholars think she may have been a nymph of flocks
and herds. Her grandson, Hermes, one of the Olympian
gods, was the god of animal husbandry.
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- Maia (1) Greek Daughter of Atlas and Pleione, the eldest and most beautiful of the Pleiades (the Seven Sisters).
- Merope Greek Daughter of Atlas and Pleione; wife of Sisyphus; one of the "Seven Sisters" called the Pleiades.
- Pleiades (Sailing Ones) Greek Seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, one of the Oceanids; sisters of the Hyades.
- Pleione Greek Daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys; a nymph, one of the eldest among the thousands of daughters born of this union who were themselves considered by many writers to be Titans.
- Erytheia (Erythia; Dazzling Light) Greek A Dryad, or wood Nymph; one of the sisters known as the Hesperides; either the daughters of Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night) or the daughters of Atlas and Pleione or Hesperis.