THE PLEIADES

They were seven daughters of Atlas (Prometheus brother) and they were nymphs.
they had affairs with some gods such as Zeus, Ares, Poseidon.

1. Maia, eldest of the seven Pleiades, was the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
2. Electra was the mother of Dardanus and Lasion, by Zeus.
3. Taygete was the mother of Lacedaemon, also by Zeus.
4. Alcyone was the mother of Hyrieus, Hyperenor, and Aethusa by Poseidon.
5. Celaeno was the mother of Lychus and Nycteus by Poseidon, and of Eurypylus also by Poseidon, and of Lycus and Chimaereus by Prometheus
6. Sterope (also Asterope) was the mother of Oenomaus by Ares.
7. Merope, youngest of the seven Pleiades, was wooed by Orion. In other mythic contexts, she married Sisyphus and, becoming mortal, faded away. She bore to Sisyphusseveral sons.

  

    Not only gods fell in love with the Pleiades, but also Orion fell in love.

 Orion was a giant huntsman and hunter, He chase daughters but Zeus interfered and turned the Pleiades into Doves. seven white Doves rose from the grass where they had been, and flew away - up, up, into the night sky. 

When they reached the sky, the seven doves became seven bright stars(constellation)

. There the stars shone, in a little group, close together, for hundreds of years. They were called the Pleiades.