Merope’s Family Tree

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Family

• Atlas(parent),Pleione(parent),Electra (Pleiad)(sibling),Maia(sibling),Pleiades(sibling)— Consort

  Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione bore the seven Pleiades — Maia, Electra, Merope, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, and Sterope — who were placed among the stars by Zeus to shield them from Orion's relentless pursuit across the earth.

• Sisyphus(spouse),Glaucus of Corinth(child)— Marriage

  Sisyphus and Merope, one of the Pleiades, married and ruled Corinth. Their son Glaucus of Corinth fathered the hero Bellerophon. Merope aided Sisyphus's escape from the underworld by neglecting his funeral rites.

Member of

• Pleiades

  The seven Pleiades — Maia, Electra, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope, and Merope — are daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Each sister bore children to gods or kings, founding royal lineages across the Greek world.