Orion Greek Best known as a mighty hunter and as a constellation of stars.

Orion Greek Best known as a mighty hunter and as a constellation of stars. Orion was the son of Poseidon and Euryale. He was a Boeotian giant, with the power to walk on the seas. Orion loved Merope, daughter of King Oenopion of Chios, an island off the coast of Asia Minor. In a fit of anger, the king made Orion blind and left him to die on the seashore. Orion met a boy, Cedalion, who guided him east toward the Sun, where he found Eos, goddess of the dawn. She restored Orion's sight. Many women and goddesses loved Orion, including the goddess of the hunt, Artemis, and Eos. In one story, Apollo, brother of Artemis, was jealous of his sister's affection for Orion. He sent a giant scorpion to sting Orion to death. In another story, Apollo had a fight with Orion and flung him into the sea. Orion swam away. Apollo asked Artemis to shoot the object in the sea with her arrow. This Artemis did and unknowingly killed her lover. She set the constellation Orion in the heavens, with the scorpion (Scorpio) at its feet. His faithful hunting dog, Sirius, is part of the constellation, seen high in the winter sky in the Northern Hemisphere.