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Pleiades can refer to:

Pleiades (star cluster) - an open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus;
Pleiades (mythology) - the seven sisters of Greek mythology;
Pleiades (volcano group) - a group of volcanoes in Antarctica;
La Pléiade - a group of 16th-century French poets.
Pleiades is the name of a very influential literary magazine published in the United States.

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Categories: Disambiguation The Pleiades, dominated by hot blue stars surrounded by reflection nebulosity The Pleiades (pleye-a-deez or plee-a-deez, also known as M45, or the Seven Sisters) is an open cluster in the constellation of Taurus. ... The Pleiades is one of the most famous open clusters. ... Orion is a remarkable constellation, visible from most places on the globe (but not always the whole year long). ... Taurus (♉) is one of the constellations of the zodiac, and its name is Latin for Bull. ... This article is about Greek mythology. ... Greek mythology comprises the collected legends of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. ... Sources Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. ... A volcano is a geological landform (usually a mountain) where magma (rock of the earths interior made molten or liquid by high pressure and temperature) erupts through the surface of the planet. ... The PlÃ©iade was a group of 16th-century French poets whose principal members were Pierre de Ronsard, Joachim du Bellay and Jean-Antoine de BaÃ¯f. ... Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ... A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. ...

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Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Pleiades (mythology) (584 words)
	The Pleiades were nymphs in the train of Artemis, and together with the seven Hyades were called the Atlantides, Dodonides, or Nysiades, nursemaids and teachers to the infant Bacchus.
	However, the name Pleiades is more likely to come from πλεîν (to sail), because the Pleiades star cluster are visible in the Mediterranean at night during the summer, from the middle of May until the beginning of November, which coincided with the sailing season in antiquity.
	In the Pleiades star cluster only six of the stars shine brightly, the seventh, Merope, shines dully because she is shamed for eternity for having an affair with a mortal.

Pleiades - Columbia Encyclopedia article about Pleiades (493 words)
	Pleiades (plē`ədēz, plī`–), in astronomy, famous open star cluster star cluster, a group of stars near each other in space and resembling each other in certain characteristics that suggest a common origin for the group.
	Pleiades, in Greek mythology, seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione.
	According to one legend she became the lost Pleiad because of the shame she felt for having married a mortal.

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