MEROPS, in Fabulous History, a king of the island
of Cos, who married Clymene, one of the Oceanides.
He was changed into an eagle, and placed among the
constellations. Also a celebrated soothsayer of Percofus
in Troas, who foretold the death of his sons Adrastus
and Amphius, who were engaged in the Trojan war.
They slighted their father's advice, and were killed
by Diomedes.