Poetry · Character
Merope
The mateless queen of Messenia, who has spent years mourning a husband and son and now moves through her own court like a ghost.
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Also known as Merope Peace, Merope O Aepytus
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Merope is the widow of Cresphontes, living under the roof of the man who killed him, her grief so absolute that Arnold's chorus names her 'the Mateless, the One' whom no bard can read. Her longing and sadness ferment in…
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- Merope and Messenia
- Protagonist
- Persian epic heroes
- Heraclidae and Argos
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