Merope (; Greek: Μερόπη) was originally the name of several, probably unrelated, characters in
Greek mythology. The name may refer to:
Greek mythology
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Merope (mythology), name of Greek mythological characters.
Books and music
* ''Merope'', an 18th-century opera
libretto
A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the t ...
written by
Apostolo Zeno
Apostolo Zeno (11 December 1668 in Venice – 11 November 1750 in Venice) was a Venetian poet, librettist, journalist, and man of letters.
Early life
Apostolo Zeno was born in Venice to a colonial branch of the Zeno family, an ancient Venet ...
and set to music by a number of composers, including
Geminiano Giacomelli and
Riccardo Broschi
Riccardo Broschi (c. 1698 – 1756) was a composer of baroque music and the brother of the opera singer Carlo Broschi, known as Farinelli.
Life
Broschi was born in Naples, the son of Salvatore Broschi, a composer and chapelmaster of the Cathe ...
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Merope Riddle (née Gaunt), mother of Lord Voldemort in the ''Harry Potter'' series by J. K. Rowling
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''Merope'' (play), a 1731 play by George Jeffreys
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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
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''Merope'' (insect), a genus of Mecoptera
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''Merope'' (plant), a plant genus in the subfamily
Aurantioideae
Astronomy
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1051 Merope
1051 Merope is a dark Alauda asteroid from the outermost region of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 16 September 1925, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in Heide ...
, an asteroid
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Merope (star)
Merope , designated 23 Tauri (abbreviated 23 Tau), is a star in the constellation of Taurus and a member of the Pleiades star cluster. It is approximately away.
Distance
Despite being one of the closest star clusters to Earth, ...
, in the constellation Taurus and a member of the Pleiades star cluster
Places
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Merope (region) In the 14th-century Balkans, Merope ( el, Μερόπη, bg, Меропа, ''Meropa'') was a subregion of Thrace in modern northern Greece and southern Bulgaria. The region lay in the western and middle part of the Rhodope Mountains.
The term is o ...
, historical region of Thrace
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