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...then there were eight. This year, Harvard womankind brings three new clubs to campus. A 17th-century aristocrat, seven sisters of Greek mythology and still-undecided Greek letters will be the symbols of these new social domains, and their images will soon be scrawled on invitations slipped under doors across campus. One “society” promises to usher recruits into posh V.I.P. rooms; another looks to cultivate a homey atmosphere with popcorn and old movies. In a year when male final clubs have tempered their festive image, the number of female social clubs will soon equal...
...That was the first thing we went over at our meeting,” says Pleiades co-founder Abby E. Carruthers ’04, laughing. “It’s PLEE-UH-DEEZ.” In Greek mythology, the Pleiades are a group of seven sisters who were renowned for their beauty. The hunter Orion became smitten with the sisters, who asked Zeus for help in escaping his affection. He turned them into doves and they flew into the sky and became a constellation of stars...
...rest is Greek history...
Carr says he is considering producing a film somehow connected with ancient Greek drama, continuing on his interest in filmmaking as a young student...
...writer is professor of Greek and Latin and chair of the Department of the Classics...