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Orion

also: Orionis

The giant hunter of myth, set among the stars as the constellation Orion. The Aratea tells how, after laying violent hands on Diana while hunting on Chios, he was killed by the Scorpion she sent, so that he flees below the horizon whenever Scorpio rises.

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Aratea (Translation of Aratus' Phaenomena) philosophy · 119 mentions
On the Nature of the Gods philosophy · 2 mentions

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