Merope
mythological figure · 2 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
mother · Dorian Merope · consort of Polybus
in the texts
Oedipus Tyrannus
The Dorian woman whom Oedipus believes to be his mother.
My father was Polybus of Corinth, my mother the Dorian Merope.
Oedipus:
Oedipus:
Nicomachean Ethics
Mythological figure cited as an example of mistaking one's son for an enemy.
Again (3) a person might mistake his son for an enemy, as Merope does;