Merope

[ mer-uh-pee ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
2. a queen of Messenia, the wife of Cresphontes and mother of Aepytus, who with Aepytus sought revenge upon Polyphontes, the brother and murderer of Cresphontes.
3. one of the six visible stars in the Pleiades.

Example Sentences

But instead of meeting this requirement, Orion attempted to elope with Merope.

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In pursuance of this plan he came to king Polyphontes and reported the death of the son of Cresphontes and Merope.

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But Merope had borne to Cresphontes a third son, called Æpytus; him she gave to her own father to bring up.

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Cresphontes married Merope, whose native country, Arcadia, was not affected by the Dorian invasion.

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One of the stories connected with them is that Merope married a mortal, whereupon her star grew dim among her sisters.

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