Merops
Merops ( Greek Μέροψ ) is:
in Greek mythology:
- Merops (King of the Meroper) , was a mythical king of the Meroper on the island of Kos, husband of Echemeia
- Merops (father of Eumelos) , the father of Agron on Kos, possibly identical with the king of the Meroper
- Merops (Argos) , mythical king of Argos
- Merops (King of Miletus) , mythical king of Miletus, father of Pandareos
- Merops (King of the Ethiopians) , mythical king of the Ethiopians and husband of the Clymene, with whom Helios begat the Phaeton
- Merops Perkosios from Perkote, King of Rhyndakos and mythical seer
- Merops (Companion of Aeneas) who was killed by Turnus (Virgil Aeneid 9,702)
Also:
- Merops (genus) , a genus of birds in the bee-eater family
- MEROPS , biochemical database for peptidases
