Merope

[ mer-uh-pee ]

/ ˈmɛr ə pi /

noun Classical Mythology.

a queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.

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.

one of the six visible stars in the Pleiades.

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But Merope leant pale and sad against a pillar, and veiled her face in her mantle to hide her tears.
Children of the Dawn|Elsie Finnimore Buckley
The indisputable merits of the play cannot blind us to the fact that Douglas is the offspring of Merope.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7|Various
One of the stories connected with them is that Merope married a mortal, whereupon her star grew dim among her sisters.
Astronomy with an Opera-glass|Garrett Putman Serviss
Transferred to the care of Polybus and Merope, the babe became to them as a son, for they were childless.
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Surely it is not in Empedocles on Etna, and surely it is not in Merope.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6|Various

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