Merope (Greek myth)
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Merope (Greek Μερόπη "with face turned" derived from μερος meros "part" and ωψ ops "face, eye"; alternatively "bee-eater bird" from merops) was originally the name of several characters in Greek mythology.
- Merope, one of the Oceanids, the daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. Merope married Clymenus, son of Helius, and had children: Phaethon and the girls called Heliades.
- Merope, one of the Pleiades, daughter of Atlas and Pleione.
- Merope, one of the Heliades, daughter of either Helios and Clymene or of Clymenus (Helios' son) and Merope, one of the Oceanids.
- Merope, daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens and Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus. She may have been the mother of Daedalus.
- Merope, also called Aero, was the consort or daughter of Oenopion.
- Merope, wife of Megareus and mother of Hippomenes.
- Merope, a Dorian whom became the foster mother of Oedipus; otherwise the wife of Polybus was also called Periboea.
- Merope, queen of Messenia, wife of Cresphontes and mother of Aepytus.
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