Merope (Pleiad)

Merope
Merope
The Corinthian Pleiad Nymph
Member of the Pleiades
	L'Etoile Perdue (The Lost Star, 1884) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau: Merope with her sister Pleiades in the background
Abode	Mt. Cyllene on Arcadia or later ; Corinth or Chios
Personal information
Parents	Atlas and Pleione or Aethra
Siblings	(a) Pleiades Maia ; Electra ; Taygete ; Celaeno ; Alcyone ; Sterope ; (b) Hyades 1 include Dione or ; 2 includes Thyone and Prodice or ; 3 includes (i) Coronis, Cleeia (or Cleis) and Philia or; (ii) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Eudora and Ambrosia or ; 5 includes (i) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Coronis, Cleeia (or Cleis), Phaeo and Eudora or; (ii) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Coronis, Eudora, Ambrosia and Polyxo or; (iii) Pytho, Synecho, Baccho, Cardie and Niseis ; (c) Hyas
Consort	Sisyphus
Children	Glaukos, Ornytion (Porphyrion), Thersander and Almus

In Greek mythology, Merope /ˈmɛrəpiː/ (Greek: Μερόπη) is one of the seven Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Pleione, their mother, is the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and is the protector of sailors. Their transformation into the star cluster known as the Pleiades is the subject of various myths.

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