Kleeia
From All Skies Encyclopaedia
Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann
Kleeia, κλεεια is a Greek name, used recently but based on Aratus ... .
Concordance, Etymology, History
Name Variants
- κλεεια = kleeia (Greek)
- cleeia (Latinised)
Origin of Constellation
"Kleeia" is the name of one of the mythological Hyades. The Latinized name from Aratus (E. Poste, 1880;[1]) is often stated as "Cleeia", but the Greek name from Hesiod was κλεεια ("Kleeia"), see Theoi[2].
Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation
Religion/ Tales/ Mythology
mnemonic tales and cultural significance
IAU Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)
The name was proposed to WGSN in 2023. Neither Cleeia nor Kleeia appears among asteroid names. In recent years, the name "Cleeia" has been attached particularly to delta^3 Tau, but it is unclear when this attachment occured.
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