Merope

But instead of meeting this requirement, Orion attempted to elope with Merope.

In pursuance of this plan he came to king Polyphontes and reported the death of the son of Cresphontes and Merope.

But Merope had borne to Cresphontes a third son, called Æpytus; him she gave to her own father to bring up.

Cresphontes married Merope, whose native country, Arcadia, was not affected by the Dorian invasion.

One of the stories connected with them is that Merope married a mortal, whereupon her star grew dim among her sisters.