Merope
- I A daughter of Atlas and Pleione, one of the Pleiades, whose star is more obscure than the rest, because she wedded Sisyphus, a mortal, Ov. F. 4, 175. —
- II A daughter of Sol and Clymene, and sister of Phaëthon, Hyg. Fab. 152.—
- III The wife of Megareus, Hyg. Fab. 185.
(Μερόπη).
1. A daughter of Oceanus, and by Clymenus the mother of Phaeton. (Hyg. Fab. 154.)
2. One of the Heliades or sisters of Phaeton. (Ov. Met. 2.340, &c.; Hyg. Fab. 154.)
3. A daughter of Atlas, one of the Pleiades, and the wife of Sisyphus of Corinth, by whom she became the mother of Glaucus. In the constellation of the Pleiades she is the seventh and the least visible star, because she is ashamed of having had intercourse with a mortal man. (Apollod. 1.9.3, 3.10. 1; Ov. Fast. 4.175; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1155; Serv. ad Virg. Georg. 1.138; comp. Hom. Il. 6.154; Schol. ad Pind. Nom. 2.16; Sisyphus.)
4. A daughter of Oenopion and Helice in Chios, is also called Haero, Aerope, and Maerope. She was beloved by Orion, who was, in consequence, blinded by her father. (Apollod. 1.4.3; Hygin. Poet. Astr. 2.34.)
5. The wife of Megareus, by whom she became the mother of Hippomenes. (Hyg. Fab. 185.)
6. A daughter of Cypselus, and wife of Cresphontes, and afterwards of Polyphontes, and mother of Aepytus. (Apollod. 2.8. ' 5; Paus 4.3.3, &c.; Hyg. Fab. 184; comp. Aepytus.) [L.S]
(Μερόπη). (1) One of the Heliades or sisters of Phaëthon.
(2) Daughter of Atlas, one of the Pleiades, wife of Sisyphus of Corinth and mother of Glaucus. In the constellation of the Pleiades she is the seventh and the least visible star, because she is ashamed of having had intercourse with a mortal man (Apollod.i.9.3; iii. 10. 1).
(3) Daughter of Cypselus, wife of Cresphontes, and mother of Aepytus. See Aepytus.
- wife of Sisyphus: Apollod. 1.9.2, Apollod. 1.1.1, Apollod. 1.1.2
- one of the Pleiades: Apollod. 1.1.1
- wooed by Orion: Apollod. 1.4.3
- king of Arcadia: Paus. 4.3.6
- wife of Cresphontes, king of Messene, married by his successor: Apollod. 2.8.5