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Mer•o•pe
(mer′ə pē),USA pronunciation n. [Class. Myth.]
- Classicsa queen of Corinth and the foster mother of Oedipus.
- Classics, Mythologya queen of Messenia, the wife of Cresphontes and mother of Aepytus, who with Aepytus sought revenge upon Polyphontes, the brother and murderer of Cresphontes.
- one of the six visible stars in the Pleiades.