Merope

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Μερόπη, ἡ.

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.

Mĕrŏpē,¹⁴ ēs, f. (Μερόπη), Mérope [une des Pléiades] : Ov. F. 4, 175.