Mĕrops
Mĕrops, ŏpis, m., = Μέροψ. A king of Ethiopia, husband of Clymene, and reputed to be the father of Phaëthon, Ov. M. 1, 763; id. Tr. 3, 4, 30.— A king of the isle of Cos, from whose name its inhabitants in early times were called Meropes, Quint. 8, 6, 71.— A Roman proper name, Inscr. Mur. 887, 5.