== 家族 ==
マイアはアトラス<ref>The alternate spelling ''Maja'' represents the intervocalic ''i'' as ''j'', pronounced similarly to an initial ''y'' in English; hence Latin ''maior'', "greater," in English became "major."</ref>とオーケアニデスのプレーイオネーの娘で<ref name=":0">ヘーシオドス, ''神統記'' 938</ref>、7つのプレアデスの中で最年長である<ref name=":1">アポロドートス, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.10.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=:chapter=&highlight=Maia 3.10.1]</ref>。
Maia is the daughter of [[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]] and [[Pleione (mythology)|Pleione]] the [[Oceanid]],[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' 938</ref> and is the oldest of the seven Pleiades.[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.10.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=:chapter=&highlight=Maia 3.10.1]</ref> They were born on Mount [[Mount Kyllini|Cyllene]] in [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]],<ref name=":0" /> and are sometimes called mountain [[Nymph|nymphs]], ''[[Oread|oreads]]''; [[Simonides of Ceos]] sang of "mountain Maia" ''(Maiados oureias)'' "of the lovely black eyes."<ref name=":1" /> Because they were daughters of Atlas, they were also called the Atlantides.<ref>[[Simonides of Ceos|Simonides]], fr. 555</ref>
== Mythology ==