Pleiades Flashcards
1
Q
What seven daughters of Atlas…
A
Pleiades
2
Q
All but which of the Pleiades had affairs with the gods?
A
Merope
3
Q
Who was the mother of Dardanus and Iasion?
A
Electra
4
Q
Who was the mother of Lacedaemon?
A
Taygete
5
Q
Who was the mother of Oenomaus?
A
Asterope
6
Q
Placed in the stars because they had died of grief over the death of
their sisters, the Hyades…
A
Pleiades
7
Q
One of the seven stars is so dim as to be scarcely visible. This is either
whom blushing in shame at having married a mere mortal, or whom, hiding her face in mourning for the death of her son Dardanus and the destruction of his city, Troy?
A
Merope….electra
