Merope (Pleiad)

Merope
Member of the Pleiades
L'Etoile Perdue (The Lost Star, 1884) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau: Merope with her sister Pleiades in the background
AbodeMt. Cyllene on Arcadia or later
Corinth or Chios
Genealogy
ParentsAtlas and Pleione or Aethra
Siblings
(a) Pleiades
(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
ConsortSisyphus
ChildrenGlaukos, Ornytion (Porphyrion), Thersander and Almus

In Greek mythology, Merope /ˈmɛrəpiː/ (Ancient 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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