Editing Pleiades (section)

== Origin of name ==
The name, Pleiades, comes from {{langx|grc|[[wikt:Πλειάδες|Πλειάδες]]}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pleiades|title=Pleiades - Wiktionary|date=5 August 2021}}</ref> It probably derives from ''plein'' ("to sail") because of the cluster's importance in delimiting the sailing season in the [[Mediterranean Sea]]: "the season of navigation began with their [[heliacal rising]]".<ref>{{cite OED |Pleiad |access-date=2022-02-15 }}</ref> In Classical Greek mythology the name was used for seven divine sisters called the [[Pleiades (Greek mythology)|Pleiades]]. In time, the name was said to be derived from that of a mythical mother, [[Pleione (mythology)|Pleione]], effectively meaning "daughters of Pleione".<ref name="Ridpath">{{cite web |url= http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/taurus2.html |title= The Pleiades – seven celestial sisters|author= [[Ian Ridpath]] |website= Ian Ridpath's Star Tales |access-date=20 November 2023}}</ref> In reality, the ancient name of the star cluster related to sailing almost certainly came first in the culture, naming of a relationship to the sister deities followed, and eventually appearing in later myths, to interpret the group name, a mother, Pleione.<ref>{{cite book | author = Robin Hard | date = 2020 | title = The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Partially Based on H.J. Rose's A Handbook of Greek Mythology | publisher = Routledge | pages = | isbn = 978-1-138-65260-6 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=8X27tAEACAAJ}}</ref>