User blog:Sbh1fr/pleiades trivia

was making a little research about the pleiades and found many things that could be put in trivias:

for exaple the pleiades name origin refer t some greek godesses, they were seven sisters, daughters of the titan Atlas and the sea-nymph pleione

The Pleiades (Πλειάδες), goddesses of the constellation Pleiades and were associated with rain

- Alcyone (Αλκυόνη)

- Sterope (Στερόπη)

- Celaeno (Κελαινώ)

- Electra (Ηλέκτρα)

- Maia (Μαία)

- Merope (Μερώπη)

-Taygete (Ταϋγέτη)

Several of the most prominent male Olympian gods (including Zeus, Poseidon and Ares) engaged in affairs with the seven heavenly sisters. These relationships resulted in the birth of their children.

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades_(Greek_mythology)

also there is a star cluster named after them in the constellation of taurus. It is among the nearest star cluster to Earth and is the cluster most obvious to thenaked eye in the night sky.

source:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades