proper noun
Plēĭŏnē
Meaning
- A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys
Plēĭŏnē, ēs, f., = Πληϊόνη.
I. 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.