person
Orion
also: Ὠρίων
A great hunter loved by Dawn and killed by Artemis's arrows out of the gods' jealousy; Calypso cites his fate as a precedent when Zeus orders her to release Odysseus. Also a constellation Odysseus watches for on his raft.
Reading notes
- The Odyssey §5.121 Orion
A hunter loved by Dawn and killed by Artemis out of the gods' jealousy of mortal-immortal unions; Calypso cites him bitterly, and Odysseus later watches his constellation while sailing.