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Pleione

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Pleiones Proper-name noun: feminine genitive singular of Pleione

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Plēĭŏnē, ēs, f., = Πληϊόνη.
  • A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, wife of Atlas and mother of the Pleiades: hinc sata Pleione cum caelifero Atlante, Ov. F. 5, 83; Hyg. Astr. 2, 21: Pleiones nepos, i.e. Mercury, son of Maia, Ov. H. 16, 62; Val. Fl. 1, 738.—
  • II The constellation of the Pleiades, Val. Fl. 2, 67.

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