> [[laoupi]]. "The Greek Myth of Pleiades in the Archaeology of Natural Disasters. Decoding, Dating and Environmental Interpretation". Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, Vol. 6, No 2, pp. 5-22, 2006. [researchgate](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259324972-The-Greek-Myth-of-Pleiades-in-the-Archaeology-of-Natural-Disasters-Decoding-Dating-and-Environmental-Interpretation) [pdf](https://issuu.com/alaoupi/docs/laoupi.-pleiades) [academia](https://www.academia.edu/1941926/The-Greek-Myth-of-Pleiades-in-the-Archaeology-of-Natural-Disasters-Decoding-Dating-and-Environmental-Interpretation) [pdf](a-laoupi2006.pdf) ## Abstract The strong multi-symbolic archetype of the Pleiades functions as a worldwide astromythological system going back to Upper Palaeolithic Era. The Greek version of the myth seems to embody a wide range of environmental symbolism, as it incorporates various information and very archaic elements about: a) the periodicity of the solstices and the equinoxes, b) the fluctuations on the biochemical structure of Earth’s atmosphere related to the global hydro -climatic phenomenon of ENSO, c) probable past observations of brightening of a star (nova) in the cluster of Pleiades, d) the primordial elements of the mythological nucleus of Atlantis’ legend and e) the remnants of Palaeolithic ‘proto-European’ moon culture.