Maia

One of the Pleiades. Mother of Hermes.

Genealogy

Pleione

Atlas

Alcyone, Calypso, Celaeno, Electra, Merope, Sterope, Taygete

Hermes

Arcas

Group

Pleiades

Places
  1. Arcadia
  2. Cyllene
  3. Unknown
Events
  1. Zeus gives Arcas to Maia to raise
  2. Zeus has sex with Maia
  3. Maia gives birth to Hermes
  4. Hermes, as a newborn, wanders away from his mother
  5. Apollo accuses Hermes of taking his cows;Hermes denies it
  6. Birth of the Seven Sisters, the Pleiades
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.2
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.1
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.2
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