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Orion.

    A giant and an expert hunter, Orion is sometimes identified as a son of Poseidon (Neptune). He was beloved of Eos (Aurora), goddess of dawn, but engaged in numerous other dalliances, among them with the seven Pleiades, whom he pursued until both he and they were turned into constellations.
    In another tale, Orion was blinded by King Oenopion of the island of Chios for the seduction of his daughter, Merope. Orion waded through the sea (an ability granted to him by Poseidon) until he came to the easternmost point of the world, where his sight was restored by the rays of the sun (Helios)
    He was killed by Artemis (Diana) because, according to Homer, she and the other gods were jealous of Eos’s love for him. According to Apollodorus, however, Orion was killed for either challenging Artemis to a match at quoits or attempting to rape her follower Opis. In another account related by Apollodorus, Orion attempted to rape the goddess herself and for this she sent a scorpion to sting him to death, but other sources say that the scorpion was sent by Gaia after Orion boasted that he would rid the world of all wild beasts.

See also PLEIADES