Merope

The daughter of King Oenopion and Helice in Chios. Orion, his passions excited by wine, seduced her and slept with her for which Oenopion blinded him.

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References

Sources

  • Bartelink, Dr. G.J.M. (1988). Prisma van de mythologie. Utrecht: Het Spectrum.
  • Hyginus. Poetical Astronomy ii, 34.
  • Pseudo-Apollodorus. The Library i, 4.3.