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| Orion was a great huntsman of Greek Mythology who was placed upon the starts in the constellation Orion. Orion is described as a great hunter in the Odyssey, an ancient Greek epic. There are two major versions of his birth, but the most important episodes are his birth somewhere in Boeotia, his visit to Chicos where he met Merope and was blinded by her father, Oenopion, the recovery of his sight at Lemnos, his hunting with Artemis on Crete, his death by the bow of Artemis or of the giant scorpion, which became Scorpio, and his elevation to the heavens. He served several roles in Greek Mythology. The story of the adventures of Orion, the hunter, is the most supported. |