Gender Feminine Usage Greek Mythology Scripts Μερόπη(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. /me.ró.pɛː/(Classical Greek) /ˈmɛɹ.ə.piː/(English) Meaning & History From Greek μέρος (meros) meaning "share, part" and ὄψ (ops) meaning "face, eye". This was the name of several characters in Greek mythology, including the seventh of the Pleiades and the foster mother of Oedipus.