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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. Ancient sources told several different stories about Orion; there are two major versions of his birth and several versions of ...
Cover for Orion #1 (June 2000), art by Walt Simonson. Orion is the second son of Darkseid, the dictator of Apokolips, and half-brother of Kalibak and Grayven. [17] He later marries Bekka, the daughter of Apokolips resistance leader Himon. As a child, Orion was traded to New Genesis' benevolent leader Highfather for Scott Free, Highfather's son ...
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Done in oil on canvas, the painting depicts a scene in which the mythological figure Orion — having been blinded — searches for the rising sun. The painting's scene was inspired by the 2nd century CE Syrian writer Lucian's retellings and spoofs on Greek mythology , including the Orion legend.
Orion, an 1843 poem by Richard Henry Horne; Orion, a 1978 novel by Gail Brewer-Giorgio; Orion and King Arthur, a 2012 novel series by Ben Bova; The Orion, an 1893 book on sociology by Bal Gangadhar Tilak; Dead at Daybreak, a 1998 novel by Deon Meyer, originally published as Orion
The statue was much-beloved by the public and had been part of the permanent collection since 1953. Director Louis Grachos defined Artemis and the Stag along with about 200 other works of art from the museum's permanent collection as falling outside the institution's historical "core mission" of "acquiring and exhibiting art of the present."
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