One of the seven Pleiades sisters and the mother of Hermes from Greek mythology
For other uses, see Maia (disambiguation).
Maia
The Arcadian Pleiad Nymph
Member of the Pleiades
Hermes and Maia, detail from an Attic red-figure amphora (c. 500 BC)
Abode
Mount Cyllene, Arcadia
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Atlas and Pleione or Aethra
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Electra
Taygete
Alcyone
Celaeno
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Merope
(b) Hyades
1 include Dione or
2 includes Thyone and Prodice or
3 includes (i) Coronis, Cleeia (or Cleis) and Philia or
(ii) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Eudora and Ambrosia or
5 includes (i) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Coronis, Cleeia (or Cleis), Phaeo and Eudora or (ii) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Coronis, Eudora, Ambrosia and Polyxo or (iii) Pytho, Synecho, Baccho, Cardie and Niseis
(c) Hyas
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Zeus
Children
Hermes
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Maia (/ˈmeɪ.ə/; Ancient Greek: Μαῖα; also spelled Maie, Μαίη; Latin: Maia),[1] in ancient Greek religion and mythology, is one of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes, one of the major Greek gods, by Zeus, the king of Olympus.[2]
^The alternate spelling Maja represents the intervocalic i as j, pronounced similarly to an initial y in English; hence Latin maior, "greater," in English became "major."
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