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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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 1.738
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