Electra (Pleiad)’s Family Tree

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Family

• Atlas(parent),Pleione(parent),Maia(sibling),Merope(sibling),Pleiades(sibling)— Consort

  Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione bore the seven Pleiades — Maia, Electra, Merope, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, and Sterope — who were placed among the stars by Zeus to shield them from Orion's relentless pursuit across the earth.

• Zeus(spouse),Dardanus(child),Iasion(child)— Consort

  Zeus lay with the Pleiad Electra on Samothrace and fathered Iasion and Dardanus. After Iasion's death, Dardanus sailed to the Troad and founded the dynasty that ruled Troy.

Member of

• Pleiades

  The seven Pleiades — Maia, Electra, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope, and Merope — are daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Each sister bore children to gods or kings, founding royal lineages across the Greek world.