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Mĕrŏpē , ēs, f., = Μερόπη,
I.the mythic name of several persons.
I. A daughter of Atlas and Pleione, one of the Pleiades, whose star is more obscure than the rest, because she wedded Sisyphus, a mortal, Ov. F. 4, 175. —
II. A daughter of Sol and Clymene, and sister of Phaëthon, Hyg. Fab. 152.—
III. The wife of Megareus, Hyg. Fab. 185.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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