![]() Just below Orion is the constellation of Lepus, the hare, and behind Orion is his hunting dog, the Canis Major (Greater Dog) constellation, containing Sirius – the brightest star in the night sky.įigure 2: Orion facing the charge of Taurus, followed by his hunting dog Canis Major. The bright star Aldebaran marks the eye of the bull, while on the shoulder of the bull is the famous Pleiades star cluster – known to the Greeks as the Seven Sisters. ![]() Lion pelt in his left, facing the charge of Taurus, the bull. Visualized as a hunter, holding a club in his right hand and a shield or His shade is seen by Odysseus in the lower world, driving the wildīeasts with a great bronze club. Hunter of great beauty and enormous strength. Greek mythology, Orion - the son of the sea-god Poseidon – was a mighty
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