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Maia
[ mey-yuh, mahy-uh ]
noun
, Classical Mythology.
- the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
Maia
/ ˈmaɪə /
noun
- Greek myth the eldest of the seven Pleiades, mother by Zeus of Hermes
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Oh, how Maia enjoyed that voyage, when once she became quite certain that the frogs could no longer reach her.
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It was on this green floating prison that Maia awoke, frightened and puzzled, with the first rays of the sun.
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Maia liked the clothes, but hated the thought of the blind mole, only she did not know how to escape him.
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And at this thought Maia hastened back to the house, and brought some grains of corn, and a drop of water in a leaf.
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Maia, in whose honor this month was named, is the mother of Mercury, the winged messenger of the gods.
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