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In Greek mythology, the Heliades ("children of the sun") were the daughters of Helios and Clymene the Oceanid.
According to one source, there were three of them: Aegiale, Aegle, and Aetheria. According to another source, there were five: Helia, Merope, Phoebe, Aetheria, and Dioxippe.[1] Yet other sources[2][3] include on the list Phaethousa and Lampetia, who are otherwise called daughters of Neaera.[4]
Their brother, Phaëthon, died after attempting to drive his father's chariot (the sun) across the sky. He was unable to control the horses and fell to his death (according to most accounts, Zeus struck his chariot with a thunderbolt to save the Earth from being set afire). The Heliades grieved for four months and the gods turned them into poplar trees and their tears into amber.[5][6] According to some sources, their tears (amber) fell into the river Eridanos, in which Phaethon had fallen.[7][8][9]
According to Hyginus, the Heliades were turned to poplar trees because they yoked the chariot for their brother without their father Helios' permission.[10]
Notes [link]
- ^ Hyginus Fabulae 154
- ^ Aeschylus, Heliades (play survived only in brief fragments)
- ^ Ovid Metamorphoses 2.340
- ^ Homer Odyssey 12.128
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 5. 23. 2
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 10. 262 ff
- ^ Philoxenus of Cythera, Fragment 834
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 1. 4. 1
- ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 5. 627 ff
- ^ Hyginus Fabulae 152A
References [link]
- Ovid. Metamorphoses II, 340.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus. Fabulae CLIV & CLII A
- Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). "Heliadae and Heliads"
- Theoi Project - Heliades
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1867). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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Merope
Merope (/ˈmɛrəpiː/; Greek Μερόπη) was originally the name of several, probably unrelated, characters in Greek mythology. The name may refer to:
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Merope (Oedipus)
In Greek mythology, Merope (/ˈmɛrəpiː/; Greek: Μερόπη) was Queen of Corinth, and wife of King Polybus.
The royal couple adopted a baby found by shepherds and named him Oedipus. To avoid the prediction of an oracle that he will kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus goes in voluntary exile to Thebes. On his way he has a quarrel with an old man, and kills him, and for answering a riddle of the Sphinx at the entrance of Thebes gets to marry the queen dowager Jocasta. He fathers four children with Jocasta: Polynices, Eteocles, Antigone, and Ismene. He eventually finds out that the old man whom he killed on his way to Thebes was his own biological father, King Laius, husband of Jocasta, and that he fulfilled the prophecy.
Merope (Giacomelli)
La Merope is an opera seria in three acts by Geminiano Giacomelli with a libretto by Apostolo Zeno. It was dedicated to Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont. It was first performed in 1734 at the Teatro Grimani di San Giovanni Grisostomo in Venice. The stage designer was Alessandro Mauro, the costume designer was Natale Canciani and the choreographer was Francesco Aquilante.
Music
The opera contains the famous aria "Sposa, non mi conosci" sung by the character Epitide. It was later used by Vivadi in his pasticcio Bajazet and it was now called "Sposa son disprezzata", because of the new text. Another aria is "Quell'usignolo" (also sung by Epitide) which also had been recorded many times, and the aria is also known for its difficult coloratura part. The full opera has never been recorded.
