In turn, Zeus, the ruler of the Greek gods, immortalized the sisters by placing them in the sky. According to some versions of the tale, all seven sisters died by suicide because they were so saddened by either the fate of their father, Atlas, or the loss of their siblings, the Hyades. One of the most memorable myths involving the Pleiades is the story of how these sisters literally became stars, their catasterism. The constellation of Orion is said to still pursue them across the night sky. Lost Pleiad (1884) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau.Īfter Atlas was forced to carry the heavens on his shoulders, Orion began to pursue all of the Pleiades, and Zeus transformed them first into doves, and then into stars to comfort their father. Merope bore Sisyphus several sons including Glaucus. In other mythic contexts, she married Sisyphus and, becoming mortal, faded away.
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