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.
Merope, old man, the consort of Polybus.
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;