2007-03-11 14:04:03 · 4 answers · asked by T J 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Orion the boastful proud mighty hunter. Once boasted that no animal could overcome him. The gods were angry so they sent the little scorpion. After being stung, Orion died. Being the great hunter that he was, and the scorpion who did him in, both were put in the sky. And also due to hiw ability, he was rewarded by scorpio being placed in the opposite sky. Scorpio in the summer, Orion in the winter.
2007-03-11 14:13:05 · answer #1 · answered by orion_1812@yahoo.com 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's some notes I made years ago:
-- Ancient Constellation. Mentioned by Homer and Hesiod, but originated with the Sumerians. They saw it as Gilgamesh.
-- Sumerians called it URU AN-NA, "light of Heaven"; that's where the name "Orion" originiates.
Orion was the son of Poseidon. Homer (in Odyssey) describes Orion as a hunter with a club of bronze, chasing after Lepus the hare, and accompanied by his two dogs.
One myth has him chasing after the seven sisters, the Pleiades. Zeus protected them by placing them in the sky.
Another myth has him punished for courting the daughter of King Oenopion of Chios. The King has him blinded. But an oracle tells Orion that the rising sun would restore his sight, so he sets off toward the east and gets fixed.
The story of his death varies, but involves a scorpion. One version says he was bragging that he was the greatest of all hunters. In retribution for his hubris, the Earth let loose a deadly scorpion that killed him (in Eratosthenes and Hyginus).
Another version has him trying to force himself on Artemis (the great female hunter goddess), and she sets the scorpion on him (see Aratus). Still another has him heroically defending Leto -- mother of Artemis -- from the Scorpion (see Ovid). Yet another version told by Hyginus has Artemus and Orion as great lovers. Artemus's twin brother Apollo doesn't like it; he tricks her into shooting him. Grieving at her mistake, she lifts him into the heavens.
2007-03-11 14:44:45 · answer #2 · answered by KevinStud99 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's a start.
2007-03-11 14:08:02 · answer #3 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not sure but it was mentioned in men in black
2007-03-11 15:21:55 · answer #4 · answered by riaz4918 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋