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In Greek mythology, two different groups of people were referred to as the Hyades ("the rainy ones"). Pluvius ("he who sends rain") was also used to describe them. // Greek mythology consists in part in a large collection of narratives that explain the origins of the world and detail the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines. ...
In Roman mythology, Jupiter Pluvius was the reliever of droughts. ...
- Sisters of Hyas. Their brother was accidentally killed in a hunting accident and the Hyades died from their grief. They were changed into stars, the head of Taurus. Their names are Phaola, Ambrosia, Eudora, Coronis, and Polyxo.
- Additionally, Thione and Prodice, who were supposed to be daughters of Hyas by Aethra (one of the Oceanides), have been added to the group of stars.
The Greeks believed that the rising and setting of the Hyades stars were always attended with rain, hence the association of the Hyades (sisters of Hyas) and the Hyades (daughters of ocean) with the constellation of the Hyades (rainy ones) and called also 'huo pluo'/'pluvius' (the rain bringer). Hyas, in Greek mythology, was a son of the Titan Atlas by Aethra (one of the Oceanids). ...
For other uses of the word Taurus see Taurus. ...
In ancient mythology, Ambrosia (Greek ) is sometimes the food, sometimes the drink, of the gods. ...
Eudora is the name of: A number of places in the United States of America: Eudora, Arkansas Eudora, Kansas An email client: see Eudora (email software) Writer Eudora Welty Peanuts character Eudora (Peanuts) In Greek mythology, one of the Hyades This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists...
In Greek mythology: Coronis (crow or raven), daughter of Phlegyas, King of the Lapiths, was one of Apollos lovers. ...
Thioketones are organic compounds that are the sulfur-containing analogues of ketones. ...
In Greek mythology, Aethra was a daughter of King Pittheus of Troezena and, with Aegeas, or in some versions, Poseidon, mother of Theseus. ...
In Greek and Roman mythology, the Oceanids were the three thousand children of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. ...
The Hyades (âΥάδεÏ) are an open star cluster located in the constellation Taurus. ...
The Hyades are sisters to the Pleiades. The Pleiades ΠληιÏÎ½Î·Ï (pleye-a-deez, also plee-a-deez), companions of Artemis (ar-te-mis), were the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas (at-las) and the sea-nymph Pleione (pleye-oh-nee) born on Mount Cyllene (seye-lee-nee). ...
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