On May 4, 11:44 am, "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
On May 4, 12:12 pm, Ben wrote:





Astynome derives from "astu" (city) + nomos (law)
Astykratia comes from astu + kratos (power)

Hmmm,

Astynome and Astykratia are both feminine - they wouldn't
apply to Zeus. Who then? (think, think)

Now that I step back and look at the list again I see that
*all the names are feminine*. What Nicki has supplied us
with is possibly an early list of the Pleiades.

Allen suggests that the notion of the "seven sisters" as
originating in Babylon and as it was spread through a
chain of city states each one supplied its own mythos.
Since every city state was its own center of the universe
one can conclude that they represented the seven daughters
of King Ogyges.

Electra is suspiciously present in both lists.
The classical list of the daughter of Atlas is:
Alcyone, Maia, ELECTRA, Merope, Taygeta,
Celaeno and Sterope.

Ben