Birth
Maia is the daughter of Atlas and Pleione the Oceanid, and is the eldest of the seven Pleiades. They were born on Mount Cyllene in Arcadia, and are sometimes called mountain nymphs, oreads; Simonides of Ceos sang of "mountain Maia" (Maia oureias) "of the lovely black eyes." Because they were daughters of Atlas, they were also called the Atlantides.
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“For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.”
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