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An engraving of Orion from Johann Bayer's Uranometria, 1603 (US Naval Observatory Library). In Greek mythology, Orion (/ ə ˈ r aɪ ə n /; Ancient Greek: Ὠρίων or Ὠαρίων; Latin: Orion) [1] was a giant huntsman whom Zeus (or perhaps Artemis) placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion.
In Greek mythology, Menippe (/ m ɪ ˈ n ɪ p iː /; Ancient Greek: Μενίππη, romanized: Meníppē, lit. 'courageous mare, [1] sipper [2] ') and Metioche (Ancient Greek: Μητιόχη, romanized: Mētióchē) were daughters of Orion. They feature in a brief myth about human sacrifice.
Kerényi portrays Orion as a giant born outside his mother. [6] He placed great stress on the variant in which Merope is the wife of Oenopion. He sees this as the remnant of a lost form of the myth in which Merope was Orion's mother (converted by later generations to his stepmother).
In Greek mythology, Orion was a gigantic, supernaturally strong hunter, [27] born to Euryale, a Gorgon, and Poseidon , god of the sea. One myth recounts Gaia 's rage at Orion, who dared to say that he would kill every animal on Earth.
In Greek mythology, Hyrieus (/ ˈ h ɪ r i ˌ uː s /; Ancient Greek: Ὑριεύς) was the eponym of Hyria in Boeotia, where he dwelt and where Orion (see below) was born; [1] some sources though place him either in Thrace or on Chios. [2] Most accounts speak of him as a king, although Ovid and Nonnus portray him as a peasant. [3] [4]
In Greek mythology, Haero or Aëro (Ancient Greek: Αἱρὼ means 'to take up, raise, lift up') was a Chian princess as the daughter of King Oenopion and the nymph Helice. She was also called Merope [1] and was loved by Orion. [2] [3]
In Greek mythology, Merope / ˈ m ɛr ə p iː / [1] (Ancient Greek: Μερόπη) is one of the seven Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Pleione, their mother, is the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and is the protector of sailors. [2] Their transformation into the star cluster known as the Pleiades is the subject of various myths.
Dionysus teaching the art of wine-drinking to his son Oenopion, on an Attic black-figured amphora from Vulci (ca. 540-530 BC) by Exekias. In Greek mythology, Oenopion / ɪ ˈ n oʊ p i ə n / (Ancient Greek: Οἰνοπίων, Oinopíōn, English translation: "wine drinker", "wine-rich" or "wine face" [1]) was a legendary king of Chios, and was said to have brought winemaking to the island ...