Definition of Oron

Definition of Oron

Orion, in the Greek mythology a handsome giant and hunter, was struck blind by Dionysos for attempting an outrage on Merope, but recovered his eyesight on exposing his eyeballs to the arrowy rays of Aurora, and became afterwards the companion of Artemis on the hunting-field, but he fell a victim to the jealousy of Apollo, the brother of Artemis, and was transformed by the latter into a constellation in the sky, where he figures as a giant wearing a lion's skin and a girdle or belt and wielding a club.

- Wikipedia

O*ri"on (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, orig., a celebrated hunter in the oldest Greek mythology, after whom this constellation was named.] (Astron.) A large and bright constellation on the equator, between the stars Aldebaran and Sirius. It contains a remarkable nebula visible to the naked eye.

The flaming glories of Orion's belt.

E. Everett.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

(mythology): A giant-hunter, pursuer of the Pleiades and lover of Eos, and killed by Artemis.
(constellation): A constellation on the celestial equator close to Gemini and Taurus, containing the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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