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1. The father of Eumelus, king of the island of Cos, which he thus called after his
daughter, while the inhabitants were called after him, Meropes. His wife, the nymph Ethemea,
was killed by Artemis, because she had neglected to worship that goddess, and was carried by
Persephone to the lower world. Merops, from a desire after his wife, wished to make away with
himself, but Hera changed him into an eagle, whom she placed among the stars. (Hygin. Pöet. Astr. 2.16;