MAIA  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, the eldest of the See also:

• PLEIADES
• PLEIADES, ATLANTIDES

Pleiades, the seven daughters of See also:

• ATLAS

Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione . She and her sisters, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on Mt See also:

• CYLLENE (mod. Ziria)

Cyllene in See also:

• ARCADIA

Arcadia, are sometimes called See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain goddesses . In a See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave of Cyllene Maia became by See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus the See also:

• MOTHER

mother of the See also:

• GOD

god See also:

• HERMES
• HERMES, GEORG (1775-1831)

Hermes . The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story is told in the Hymn to Hermes attributed to See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer . She was identified by the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans with Maia Majesta, an old See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian goddess of See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring, to whom a See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice was offered on the 1st of May by the See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest of See also:

• VULCAN (Volcanos)

Vulcan .