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Maia (/ ˈ m eɪ. ə /; Ancient Greek: Μαῖα; also spelled Maie, Μαίη; Latin: Maia), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, is one of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes, one of the major Greek gods, by Zeus, the king of Olympus. 1 zeus mor 2 Zeus was able to keep their affair hidden not only from his jealous wife, but from the rest of the gods as well. No one suspected that Maia, the most beautiful of all the Pleiades, had become the god’s lover. The Birth of Maia’s Son. Maia became pregnant following her affair with Zeus. 3 zeus flamma 4 A daughter of the Titan Atlas and Pleione, Maia was one of the seven mountain nymphs known as Pleiades (Taygete, Elektra, Alkyone, Asterope, Kelaino, Maia, and Merope). She had an affair with Zeus, who was married to Hera. 5 Maia was a shy goddess, dwelling alone in a cave situated close to the peak of Mount Kyllene. When she was living in the cave, she gave birth to the god Hermes in secret. Hermes was the son she had following an affair with Zeus. Hermes wasn’t the only child that Maia raised. 6 MAIA (Maia or Maias), a daughter of Atlas and Pleione (whence she is called Atlantis and Pleias), was the eldest of the Pleiades, and in a grotto of mount Cyllene in Arcadia she became by Zeus the mother of Hermes. Arcas, the son of Zeus by Callisto, was given to her to be reared. (Hom. Od. xiv. 435, Hymn. in Merc. 3; Hes. Theog. 938; Apollod. iii. 7 maia greek mythology 8 Maia var den äldsta av Plejaderna, döttrar till Atlas och Pleione. 9 Snart efter att Zeus besegrat sin far och blivit himlens härskare, gifte han sig med sin första hustru Metis, titanerna Okeanos och Tethys dotter. 10