Orion

Orion in Wikipedia

Orion (Greek: Ὠρίων[1] or Ωαρίων, Latin: Orion[2]) was a giant huntsman of Greek mythology whom Zeus placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion. Ancient sources tell several different stories about Orion. There are two major versions of his birth and several versions of his death. The most important recorded episodes are his birth so...

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Orion in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Ὀρίων,) a son of Hyrieus, of Ilyria, in Boeotia, a very handsome giant and hunter, and said to have been called by the Boeotians Candaon. (Hom. Od. 11.309; Strab. ix. p.404; Tzetz. ad Lyc. 328.) Once he came to Chios (Ophiusa), and fell in love with Aero, or Merope, the daughter of Oenopion, by the nymph Helice. He cleared the island from wil...

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