Merope Greek Daughter of Atlas and Pleione; wife of Sisyphus; one of the "Seven Sisters" called the Pleiades.
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Merope Greek Daughter of Atlas and Pleione; wife of Sisyphus; one of the "Seven Sisters" called the Pleiades. Merope was sometimes named "the lost star," the one invisible to the naked eye. It is said that she hid her light in shame for having married a mortal, and a disreputable one at that.
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