person
Pleione
An Oceanid, wife of Atlas and mother of the Pleiades; ancestress invoked in Mercury's descent and Paris's claim to a Pleiad forebear.
Reading notes
- The Heroides §16 Pleione
Wife of Atlas and mother of the Pleiades; Mercury's grandmother and a forebear Paris claims.
- The Heroides §16 a Pleiad
A daughter of Pleione (a Pleiad) and Jove are claimed by Paris among his ancestors.