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Merops

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Merops
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Claims

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·Direct

Merops of Percote excels in every kind of divination and warns his sons not to join the war, but they disregard him.

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“They that held Adresteia and the land of Apaesus, with Pityeia, and the high mountain of Tereia—these were led by Adrestus and Amphius, whose breastplate was of linen. These were the sons of Merops of Percote, who excelled in all kinds of divination. He told them not to take part in the war, but they gave him no heed, for fate lured them to destruction.”
·Direct

Merops forbids his sons to enter the war, but they disobey and fall.

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“He had forbidden his sons to go to the war, but they would not obey him, for fate lured them to their fall”

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“Merops”

Passage preview

Book 2 · Passage 72

They that held Adresteia and the land of Apaesus, with Pityeia, and the high mountain of Tereia—these were led by Adrestus and Amphius, whose breastplate was of linen. These were the sons of Merops of Percote, who excelled in all kinds of divination. He told them not to take part in the war, but they gave him no heed, for fate lured them to destruction.