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Merope (2)

One of the seven daughters of Atlas known as the Pleiades.

The hunter, Orion, relentlessly pursued the girls until they were changed into pigeons by Zeus and eventually put into the night sky as a constellation.

Merope’s sisters are: Alkyone, Asterope, Elektra (Electra), Kelaeno (Celaeno), Maia, and Taygete.

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