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Meropis is situated beyond the world-ocean ().Its inhabitants, the Méropes, are twice as tall as other human beings and live twice as long.Theopompos describes three cities in Meropis: Anostos (Ἄνοστος, "Place of No Return"), Eusebes (Εὐσεβής, "Pious-Town") and Machimos (Μάχιμος, "Fighting-Town").
Meropis with her family dwelled in Meropis on Kos island, and though they honored the local Koan goddess, they refused to venerate three of the major gods, Artemis, Athena and Hermes. Every time the other Koans would invite the family to a feast or sacrifice in honour of those three gods they would refuse, on account of them hating grey eyes ...
Merops was the father of Eumelus and through him grandfather of Agron, Byssa and Meropis, all of whom were notorious for their impiety. [9] Clytie, the wife of Eurypylus of Cos, [10] and Titanis, who was changed by Artemis into a deer because of her beauty, [11] were given as the daughters of Merops.
Merope (/ ˈ m ɛr ə p iː /; Ancient Greek: Μερόπη "with face turned" derived from μερος meros "part" and ωψ ops "face, eye") was originally the name of several characters in Greek mythology.
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Meropis; Mu, often called the lost continent. Terra Australis, mystical southern land, now confirmed as Antarctica. Submerged continents.
Hermes invited Eumelus and Agron to a ritual feast in honor of himself, and suggested that they send Byssa and Meropis to the sacred grove of Athena and Artemis where other girls were gathering. On hearing this, Meropis began to ridicule the name of Athena, for which the goddess changed her into an owl.
Meropis: Owl: Athena Meropis was a member of a Koan family that refused to worship Artemis, Athena and Hermes and openly insulted them. The three of them paid a visit to the family disguised, but they continued to ridicule them, so they changed them all into birds. Meropis was changed into an owl by Athena. Merops: Eagle: Hera