Orion (mythology) - Modern interpretations, Ancestry, origins, birth, Orion and Merope, Orion at Lemnos, Orion and Eos

In Greek mythology, a gigantic hunter, beloved by Eos and killed by Artemis. He was changed into a constellation, and this generated further astronomical stories - for example, that he pursues the Pleiades.

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