Orion In Greek Mythology

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Orion was a big hunter who was said to be the son of Poseidon, god of the seas. He was thought to be a great hero, but he had a way of making the gods mad that both became his downfall, and created the constellation Scorpio. The main story goes that Orion was in love with Eos (Greek mythology), the goddess of the dawn, and bragged about his domination of her which made her angry. Then Orion bragged about how he was going to kill every creature on earth. Normally, Artemis would get mad because she is the goddess of the hunt, but she didn't because she has a crush on Orion. But, her twin brother, Apollo, didn't like it because he was the god of animal herds. Neither did Gaia, Greek mythology's great earth goddess, for obvious reasons. So Apollo