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/ˈmeɪ.ə/
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/ˈmaɪ.ə/
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‘greek’ —> mαῖα
‘latin’ —> maia
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(‘maia’ (in ‘ancient greek religion’) is one of the ‘pleiades’ + the mother of ‘hermes’)
(‘maia’ is the daughter of ‘atlas’ + ‘pleione’ (the ‘oceanid’), and is the oldest of the 7 ‘pleiades’)
(they were born on ‘mount cyllene’ in ‘arcadia’, and are sometimes called ‘mountain nymphs’ (or oreads))
(‘simonides of ceos’ sang of “mountain maia” (maiados oureias) “of the lovely black eyes”)
(because they were daughters of ‘atlas’, they were also called the ‘atlantides’)
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