Merope
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Merope (English pronunciation: /ˈmɛrəpiː/; Greek Μερόπη) was originally the name of several, probably unrelated, characters in Greek mythology. The name may refer to:
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[edit] Greek mythology
- Merope (Heliades), one of the Heliades, daughter of Helios (or his son Clymenus) and Clymene
- Merope (wife of Cresphontes), queen of Messenia, wife of Cresphontes and mother of Aepytus
- Merope (Oedipus), foster mother of Oedipus, wife of Polybus
- Merope (Oenopion), consort/daughter of Oenopion
- Merope (Pleiades), one of the Pleiades, daughter of Atlas and Pleione
[edit] Books and music
- Merope, an 18th-century opera libretto written by Apostolo Zeno and set to music by a number of composers
- Merope Riddle (née Gaunt), mother of Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
- Mérope, a play by Voltaire
- Merope Ward, a main character in the 2010 two-part novel Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis
[edit] Plants and animals
- Merope (insect), a genus of Mecoptera
- Merope (plant), a plant genus in the subfamily Aurantioideae
[edit] Astronomy
- 1051 Merope, an asteroid
- Merope (star), in the constellation Taurus and a member of the Pleiades star cluster
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