Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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, 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, 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.
Eos, along with her brother and sister, is an Indo-European deity, side-lined by the non-IE newcomers to the pantheon; [15] [114] James Davidson argues that apparently persisting on the sidelines was a primary function for them, to be the minor gods that the major gods were juxtaposed to, thus helping to keep the Greek religion Greek. [114]
In Greek mythology, Callisto (/ k ə ˈ l ɪ s t oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Καλλιστώ Greek pronunciation: [kallistɔ̌ː]) was a nymph, or the daughter of King Lycaon; the myth varies in such details. She was believed to be one of the followers of Artemis (Diana for the Romans) who attracted Zeus. Many versions of Callisto's story survive.
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]
Cedalion standing on the shoulders of Orion; detail from Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun by Nicolas Poussin, 1658, Oil on canvas; 46 7/8 x 72 in. (119.1 x 182.9 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art. In Greek mythology, Cedalion or Kedalion (Classical Greek Κηδαλίων) was a servant of Hephaestus in Lemnos.