Merops of Perkote
mythological figure · 2 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Merops
in the texts
Iliad
Father of Adrastos and Amphios, famed for divination, whose warning against joining the war his sons ignored.
These were the sons of Merops of Perkote, who excelled in all kinds of divination.
They then took two princes with their chariot, the two sons of Merops of Perkote, who excelled in the arts of divination all others from the district [ dêmos].
Protrepticus
Legendary figure alternatively credited with founding temple worship and sacrifice.
Hence it occurs to me to wonder by what fancies the first deceived men were led astray, when they proclaimed superstition to men, ordaining by law the worship of accursed demons — whether it was that Phoroneus, or Merops, or some other, who set up temples and altars for them, and besides are fabled to have been the first to establish sacrifices.