Merope
Merope (/ˈmɛrəpiː/; Greek: Μερόπη) was originally the name of several, probably unrelated, characters in Greek mythology. The name may refer to:
Greek mythology
- Merope (Greek myth), name of Greek mythological characters.
Books and music
- Merope, an 18th-century opera libretto written by Apostolo Zeno and set to music by several composers, including Geminiano Giacomelli and Riccardo Broschi
- Merope (play), a 1731 play by George Jeffreys
- Mérope, a 1743 play by Voltaire
- Merope Ward, a main character in the 2010 two-part novel Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis
- "Merope", tragic poem by Matthew Arnold, 1858
Plants and animals
- Merope tuber, a genus of Mecoptera
- Merope angulata, a species of flowering plant and the sole member of genus Merope
Astronomy
- 1051 Merope, an asteroid
- Merope (star), in the constellation Taurus and a member of the Pleiades star cluster
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