Merope
From LSJ
Κρεῖττον τὸ μὴ ζῆν ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἀθλίως → Death is better than a life of misery → Satius mori quam calamitose vivere → Der Tod ist besser als ein Leben in der Not
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Μερόπη, ἡ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Mĕrŏpē: ēs, f., = Μερόπη,
I the mythic name of several persons.
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Mĕrŏpē,¹⁴ ēs, f. (Μερόπη), Mérope [une des Pléiades] : Ov. F. 4, 175.
