Merope (disambiguation)

1. Merope
   A daughter of Oceanus. According to Hyginus she is the mother of Phaethon by Helios or Clymenus.
   In: Greek mythology
2. Merope
   The wife of Polybus, king of Corinth. They raised Oedipus as their own child. Others call Polybus' wife Periboea.
   In: Greek people
3. Merope
   One of the Pleiades. She appears in the sky dimmer than the others because she married Sisyphus, a mortal.
   In: Greek mythology
4. Merope
   The daughter of King Oenopion and Helice in Chios. Orion, his passions excited by wine, seduced her and slept with her.
   In: Greek people
5. Merope
   One of the Heliades, the sisters of ill-fated Phaethon.
   In: Greek mythology
6. Merope
   The daughter of the Arcadian king Cypselus. She became the wife of Cresphontes, and was by him the mother of Aepytus.
   In: Greek people

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