Merope, the Lost Pleiad

Merope, from the album Pleiades by Christel Veraart. More Information: Known as the ‘lost Pleiad’, Merope is the youngest of the Famous Seven Sisters. She was the last star to be mapped by astronomers. The faintest star in the cluster, not visible to the naked eye. In the ancient mythical world of Greece, titan giant Atlas and his wife, the sea nymph Pleione, gave birth to seven beautiful daughters. Taygete, Maia, Asterope, Merope, Celaeno, Alcyone and Electra formed the inspiration for my album Pleiades. In her youth, it was especially Merope who was relentlessly chased by the giant and handsome hunter Orion. Some say she is hiding in order to escape Orion’s relentless say she hides her face in shame because, unlike her other sisters, she married a mortal man…! Whichever story holds true, Merope and her sisters were in dire need of thus they turned to Zeus, god of sky, lightning, and thunder. Regarde