person
Maia
One of the Pleiades, mother of Mercury by Jupiter.
Reading notes
- The Festivals §4.2 Maia
A Pleiad, mother of Mercury by Jupiter.
- Ibis §7 Maia
Maia, mother of Mercury; 'he whom Maia bore to Jove' is the planet Mercury, ill-placed at the birth.
- Metamorphoses §1.11 the shining Pleiad
Maia, one of the Pleiades, mother of Mercury by Jupiter.