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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 427 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAIA , in See also:

Greek See also:mythology, the eldest of the See also:Pleiades, the seven daughters of See also:Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione. She and her sisters, See also:born on Mt See also:Cyllene in See also:Arcadia, are sometimes called See also:mountain goddesses. In a See also:cave of Cyllene Maia became by See also:Zeus the See also:mother of the See also:god See also:Hermes. The See also:story is told in the Hymn to Hermes attributed to See also:Homer. She was identified by the See also:Romans with Maia Majesta, an old See also:Italian goddess of See also:spring, to whom a See also:sacrifice was offered on the 1st of May by the See also:priest of See also:Vulcan.

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