|
PLEIADES
|
Mates
|
Offspring
|
Notes about the offspring of the
PLEIADES
|
|
["a)", "b)", etc. = different versions]
|
|
Alcyone 1
This was the second of the PLEIADES to have
intercourse with
Poseidon.
Apd.3.10.1; Ov.Fast.4.173; Pau.2.30.8.
|
|
Aethusa
|
Aethusa mated with
Apollo and had a son
Eleuther 1 by him that won a Pythian victory for
his loud and sweet voice.
|
|
Hyrieus
|
Hyrieus is said to be father of
Orion. For his famous
treasure stolen by architects see
Delphi.
|
|
Hyperenor 1
|
Hyperenor 1 is the founder of Hyperea, a city in
Argolis.
|
|
Anthas
|
Anthas founded Anthea or Anthedon (now Poros).
|
|
Celaeno 2
Others say her father was Ergeus but they do not
say who her mother was.
Apd.3.10.1; Hyg.Ast.2.21; Hyg.Fab.157;
Ov.Fast.4.173.
|
|
Lycus 2
|
Lycus 2 dwells in the
Islands of the Blest
[see also Immortals].
|
|
Nycteus 1
|
Nycteus 1 is, for some,
Callisto's father.
|
|
Euphemus 4
|
|
|
Electra 3
This is the one of the PLEIADES who does not
appear in the sky because of the death of Dardanus
1 and the loss of Troy [see
also Merope 1].
Apd.3.10.1, 3.12.1; Dio.5.48.2; Hyg.Ast.2.21;
Hyg.Fab.192; Nonn.3.186, 3.332ff.; Ov.Fast.4.31,
4.174-177; QS.13.552ff.
|
|
Dardanus 1
|
Dardanus 1 is the founder of the house of
Troy.
|
|
Iasion
|
Iasion is known for being the lover of
Demeter.
|
|
Harmonia 1
|
For Harmonia 1 see Robe
& Necklace of Harmonia 1.
|
|
Emathion 4
|
Emathion 4 was king of Samothrace.
|
|
Maia
This is the eldest of the PLEIADES. She was said
to have surpassed her sisters in beauty. Brought up
Arcas 1, son of Zeus &
Callisto, in
Arcadia.
Apd.3.8.2, 3.10.1-2; Hes.The.938; Ov.Fast.4.174,
5.85; Vir.Aen.8.140.
|
|
|
|
|
Merope 1
This is the seventh of the PLEIADES. She married
a mortal man and she repents of it, and from shame
at the deed she alone of the sisters hides herself
in the sky [see also Electra 3].
Apd.3.10.1; Hyg.Ast.2.21; Ov.Fast.4.175;
Pau.9.34.7-10.
|
Sisyphus
|
Glaucus 1
|
Glaucus 1 is father of
Bellerophon.
|
|
Almus
|
Almus received some land in Boeotia from King
Eteocles 2 and a village Almones was called after
him.
|
|
Thersander 2
|
The children of Thersander 2 (Haliartus, Coronus
3 and Proetus 2) were adopted by
Athamas 1, and received
land from him. Proetus 2's daughter Maera 4 died
very young.
|
|
Sterope 3
Apd.3.10.1; Hyg.Ast.2.21; Hyg.Fab.14;
Ov.Fast.4.172; Pau.6.22.4, 20.1.1.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hippodamia 3
|
See Oenomaus 1 and
Pelops 1.
|
|
Leucippus 4
|
Leucippus 4 is the one who fell in love with
Daphne 1, also loved by
Apollo.
|
|
Dysponteus
|
Dysponteus is the founder of Dyspontium in
Elis
|
|
Taygete
This is the one of the PLEIADES who consecrated
to Artemis the
Cerynitian Hind with the golden horns that
Heracles 1 had to
fetch.
Apd.3.10.1; Hyg.Ast.2.21; Nonn.32.65;
Ov.Fast.4.174; Pin.Oly.3.28; Vir.Geo.4.231.
|
|
Lacedaemon
|
The country of Lacedaemon is called after him.
He married Sparta.
|