The Pleiades
The Pleiades, companions of Artemis, were the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione born on Mt. Cyllene. They are the sisters of Calypso, Hyas, the Hyades, and the Hesperides.
Celaeno was the mother of Lycus by Poseidon, Alcyone was the mother of Hyrieus by Lycus, Electra of Dardanus and Iasion by Zeus, Maia of Hermes by Zeus, Sterope of Oenomaus by Ares, and Taygete of Lacedaemon, also by Zeus. All of the Pleiades, except Merope, had affairs with gods.
After Atlas was forced to carry the world on his shoulders, Orion began to pursue all of the Pleiades, Zeus threw them into the stars to comfort their father. In the Pleiades constellation 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. Some myths also say that the star that doesn't shine is Electra, mourning the death of Dardanus, though a few myths say it is Sterope.
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