Maia

For other uses, see Maia (disambiguation).
Maia
Member of the Pleiades
Hermes and Maia, detail from an
Attic red-figure amphora (c. 500 BC)
AbodeMount Cyllene, Arcadia
Genealogy
ParentsAtlas and Pleione or Aethra
Siblings
Pleiades
Hyades, Hyas
ConsortZeus
ChildrenHermes
Equivalents
RomanMaia

Maia (/ˈmeɪ.ə, ˈmaɪ.ə/; Ancient Greek: Μαῖα; also spelled Maie, Ancient Greek: Μαίη; Latin: Maia), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, is one of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes, one of the major Greek gods, by Zeus, the king of Olympus.

Maia was identified with the Roman earth goddess Maia, the mother of Mercury.

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