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Hyrieus was the son of Alcyone and Poseidon, brother of Hyperenor and Aethusa.By the nymph Clonia, he became the father of Nycteus and Lycus. [5] According to later sources, Hyrieus was also the father of Orion, [6] but according to Ovid, his wife had died chidless.
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.
Orion and his fellow New Gods, Metron, Mister Miracle, and Big Barda, summoned the aid of the Justice League and Justice Society to aid them in freeing the forces of New Genesis. This story featured the return, and eventual defeat, of Orion's father. [10] [11] [12]
Stephen first appears (as Orion) in "Chuck Versus the Predator." Vincent tracks him to Hong Kong, but Bartowski nearly kills him with a MQ-1 Predator armed UAV and escapes. Chuck attracts his father's attention when he begins an off-book search for Orion after being alerted by Howard Busgang that Orion could help him remove the Intersect.
Merope's father Oenopion and his father, god Dionysus, on an Attic black-figured amphora from Volci (ca. 540-530 BC) by Exekias. The story of Orion and Merope varies. One source refers to Merope as the wife of Oenopion and not his daughter. Another refers to Merope as the daughter of King Minos, who was a father of Merope's grandmother. [5]
Sah was a god in Ancient Egyptian religion, representing a constellation that encompassed the stars in Orion and Lepus, [1] as well as stars found in some neighbouring modern constellations. [2] [3] His consort was Sopdet known by the ancient Greek name as Sothis, [4] the goddess of the star Sirius.
Borr was the husband of Bestla and the father of Odin, Vili and Vé. Borr receives mention in a poem in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional material, and in the Prose Edda, composed in the 13th century by Icelander Snorri Sturluson. Scholars have proposed a variety of theories about the figure.
In Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Cronus, Cronos, or Kronos (/ ˈ k r oʊ n ə s / or / ˈ k r oʊ n ɒ s /, from Ancient Greek: Κρόνος, romanized: Krónos) was the leader and youngest of the first generation of Titans, the divine descendants of the primordial Gaia (Mother Earth) and Uranus (Father Sky).