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The Greeks believed that the heliacal rising and setting of the Hyades star cluster were always attended with rain, hence the association of the Hyades ( sisters of Hyas ) and the Hyades ( daughters of ocean ) with the constellation of the Hyades ( rainy ones ).
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Greeks and heliacal
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Greeks and rising
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Greeks and setting
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Greeks and star
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Greeks and were
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