"face, eye") was originally the name of several characters in Greek mythology. Merope, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus...
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In Greek mythology, Merope /ˈmɛrəpiː/ (Greek: Μερόπη) is one of the seven Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Pleione, their mother, is the daughter...
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Merope (/ˈmɛrəpiː/; Ancient Greek: Μερόπη Meropê) was a mortal princess in Greek mythology, who was loved by the hunter Orion and was his fiancée. She...
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Oenomaus instead. Merope, youngest of the Pleiades. In other mythic contexts, she married Sisyphus and, becoming mortal, faded away. Merope bore Sisyphus...
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Merope (/ˈmɛrəpiː/; Greek: Μερόπη) was originally the name of several, probably unrelated, characters in Greek mythology. The name may refer to: Merope...
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birth in Boeotia, his visit to Chios where he met Merope and raped her, being blinded by Merope's father, the recovery of his sight at Lemnos, his hunting...
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In Greek mythology, Merope (/ˈmɛrəpiː/; Greek: Μερόπη) was a Queen of Corinth, and wife of King Polybus. In some accounts, she was called Periboea. In...
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Their names were: Maia, Electra, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope and Merope. She is often said to be the mother of Calypso with Atlas as well. Among...
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Heliades (redirect from Merope (Heliades))
According to one version recorded by Hyginus, there were seven Heliades: Merope, Helie, Aegle, Lampetia, Phoebe, Aetherie and Dioxippe. Aeschylus's fragmentary...
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Titans (redirect from Titans (mythology))
In Greek mythology, the Titans (Ancient Greek: οἱ Τῑτᾶνες, hoi Tītânes, singular: ὁ Τῑτᾱ́ν, -ήν, ho Tītân) were the pre-Olympian gods. According to the...
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Merope (Ancient Greek: Μερόπη) was a Queen of Messenia in Greek mythology, daughter of King Cypselus of Arcadia and wife of Cresphontes, the Heraclid...
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the daughter of King Oenopion and the nymph Helice. She was also called Merope and was loved by Orion. Orion, the son of Hyrieus, fell in love with Aero...
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In Greek mythology, Kratos, also known as Cratus or Cratos, is the divine personification of strength. He is the son of Pallas and Styx. Kratos and his...
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succeeding his father, Sisyphus, the great trickster. His mother was the Pleiad Merope, daughter of the Titan Atlas, and brother to Glaucus, Thersander and Almus...
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Helios (redirect from Phlegon (mythology))
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Helios (/ˈhiːliəs, -ɒs/; Ancient Greek: Ἥλιος pronounced [hɛ̌ːlios], lit. 'Sun'; Homeric Greek: Ἠέλιος) is the...
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Nymph (redirect from Nymph (Greek mythology))
of Artemis). Nymphs featured in classic works of art, literature, and mythology. They are often attendants of goddesses and frequently occur in myths...
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In Greek and Roman mythology, the Giants, also called Gigantes (Greek: Γίγαντες, Gígantes, singular: Γίγας, Gígas), were a race of great strength and...
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Ambrosia (redirect from Food of the gods (mythology))
on some Minoan seals, goddesses were represented with bee faces (compare Merope and Melissa). The concept of an immortality drink is attested in at least...
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In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Iris (/ˈaɪrɪs/; EYE-riss; Greek: Ἶρις, translit. Îris, lit. "rainbow," Ancient Greek: [îːris]) is a daughter...
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Pasiphaë (redirect from Pasiphaë (Greek mythology))
In Greek mythology, Pasiphaë (/pəˈsɪfiiː/; Greek: Πασιφάη, translit. Pāsipháē, derived from πᾶσι (dative plural) "for all" and φάος/φῶς phaos/phos "light")...
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In Greek mythology, Echidna (/ɪˈkɪdnə/; Greek: Ἔχιδνα, translit. Ékhidna, lit. "she-viper", pronounced [ékʰidna]) was a monster, half-woman and half-snake...
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Merope /ˈmɛrəpiː/, designated 23 Tauri (abbreviated 23 Tau), is a star in the constellation of Taurus and a member of the Pleiades star cluster. It is...
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In Greek mythology, Echo (/ˈɛkoʊ/; Greek: Ἠχώ, Ēkhō, "echo", from ἦχος (ēchos), "sound") was an Oread who resided on Mount Cithaeron. Zeus loved consorting...
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Hades (redirect from Hades (mythology))
Greek: [háːi̯dεːs], later [háːdεːs]), in the ancient Greek religion and mythology, is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his...
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Cleothera (category Women in Greek mythology)
island of Crete. After the deaths of their parents, she and her sister Merope were adopted by Aphrodite, the goddess of love and sensuality, and in time...
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(1999). Classical Mythology. Oxford University Press. pp. 133–134. ISBN 0195143388. Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell...
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Mæander or Maiandros (Ancient Greek: Μαίανδρος) was a river god in Greek mythology, patron deity of the Meander river (modern Büyük Menderes River) in Caria...
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Polybus of Corinth (category Kings in Greek mythology)
Πόλυβος) is a figure in Greek mythology. He was the king of Corinth whose wife was variously referred to as Periboea, Merope or Medusa, daughter of Orsilochus...
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Sisyphus (category Princes in Greek mythology)
Calyce, Canace, Alcyone, Pisidice and Perimede. Sisyphus married the Pleiad Merope by whom he became the father of Ornytion (Porphyrion), Glaucus, Thersander...
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Electra (Pleiad) (category Pleiades (Greek mythology))
and dark-eyed Electra, Alcyone and Asterope and godly Celaeno, Maia and Merope, whom splendid Atlas begot. Electra is also mentioned in the Hesiodic Catalogue...
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