Seven nymphs of Greek myth

• Cluster in Taurus
• Daughters who became stars
• (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades
• Placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion
• A star cluster in the constellation Taurus
• Taurus cluster
• The seven daughters of Atlas
• Request to embrace one of French stars
• Seven Sisters of the sky

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pleiades \Ple"ia*des\ (?; 277), n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. (?)] (Myth.) The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky. (Astron.) A group of small stars in the neck of the constellation Taurus;...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, transformed by Zeus into seven stars, from Latin Pleiades , from Greek Pleiades , perhaps literally "constellation of the doves" from a shortened form of peleiades , plural of peleias "dove" (from PIE...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pléïades is a composition for six percussionists composed in 1978 by Greek composer Iannis Xenakis , originally commissioned by the percussion ensemble Les Percussions de Strasbourg .