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Merope

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Merope (mĕr`əpē), in Greek mythology.

1 One of the Pleiades. She was the wife of Sisyphus, king of Corinth, and the mother of Glaucus. According to one legend she became the lost Pleiad because of the shame she felt for having married a mortal.

2 Daughter of Oenopion. Orion loved her, but when he failed to gain her father's approval, he raped her. In revenge, Oenopion blinded him.
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whose stars are these: -- `Lovely Teygata, and dark-faced Electra, and Alcyone, and bright Asterope, and Celaeno, and Maia, and Merope, whom glorious Atlas begot.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
The last case is the best, as when in the Cresphontes Merope is about to slay her son, but, recognising who he is, spares his life.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
 
 
 
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