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2 definitions • 4 examples
1
In
Greek
mythology
(=
ancient
stories
), a
hunter
who was
killed
and
placed
in the
sky
with the
stars
:
Examples:
In "The
Odyssey
", Odysseus
encounters
Orion in the
underworld
.
Orion was the
lover
of
Artemis
, who was tricked into
killing
him by an
envious
Apollo
.
2
a
constellation
(= a
group
of
stars
) said to look like a
hunter
wearing
a
belt
:
Examples:
Betelgeuse is the name of the
star
found in the right
shoulder
of Orion.
The
belt
of Orion makes it one of the
easiest
constellations
to
recognize
in the night
sky
.
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