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	'''Var. 1 (Περὶ τοῦ Ὀρίωνος)''': --- [doesn't exist] --- <blockquote>'''Var. 2 (Ὀρίωνος)''': Hesiod says that he was the son of Euryale, daughter of Minos, and Poseidon, and that he received the gift of walking on water as on land; he went to Chios where, after getting drunk, he raped Merope, daughter of Oinopion.</blockquote><blockquote>Oinopiôn learned of this and, enraged by this outrage, gouged out his eyes and banished him from his country. Orion arrived as a vagabond in Lemnos, where he came into contact with Hephaestus, who took pity on him and gave him Cedalion, his own servant, to guide him. Orion took him and put him on his shoulders so that he could show him the way. He went to the east, came into contact with Helios and, apparently, was healed. He then returned to Oinopion to take revenge on him, but the latter had been hidden underground by his compatriots. Despairing of finding him, Orion left for Crete and devoted himself to hunting, hunting in the company of Artemis and Leto and, apparently, he threatened to exterminate all the beasts that appeared on earth. Angry with him, Earth brought forth a gigantic scorpion that killed him by stinging him with its sting. This is why Zeus, considering his courage, placed him among the constellations at the request of Artemis and Leto, and also placed the scorpion there, so that the event would be remembered.</blockquote><blockquote>Others say that Orion, as an adult, fell in love with Artemis, and that it was she who conjured up the scorpion and sent it against him; he was stung by the scorpion and died. The gods, pitying his fate, placed him in the sky among the constellations, along with the animal, so that the event would be remembered. Orion has three bright stars on his head, one bright star on each shoulder, one dim star on his right elbow, one dim star on his hand, three stars on his belt, three dim stars on his dagger, one bright star on each knee, and one bright star on each foot. A total of seventeen.</blockquote>(Eratosthenes, edited and translated by Pamias, Geus and Zucker.)<ref>Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, translated by Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud, Les Belles Lettres, Paris 2013</ref>		'''Var. 1 (Περὶ τοῦ Ὀρίωνος)''': --- [doesn't exist] --- <blockquote>'''Var. 2 (Ὀρίωνος)''': Hesiod says that he was the son of Euryale, daughter of Minos, and Poseidon, and that he received the gift of walking on water as on land; he went to Chios where, after getting drunk, he raped Merope, daughter of Oinopion.</blockquote><blockquote>Oinopiôn learned of this and, enraged by this outrage, gouged out his eyes and banished him from his country. Orion arrived as a vagabond in Lemnos, where he came into contact with Hephaestus, who took pity on him and gave him Cedalion, his own servant, to guide him. Orion took him and put him on his shoulders so that he could show him the way. He went to the east, came into contact with Helios and, apparently, was healed. He then returned to Oinopion to take revenge on him, but the latter had been hidden underground by his compatriots. Despairing of finding him, Orion left for Crete and devoted himself to hunting, hunting in the company of Artemis and Leto and, apparently, he threatened to exterminate all the beasts that appeared on earth. Angry with him, Earth brought forth a gigantic scorpion that killed him by stinging him with its sting. This is why Zeus, considering his courage, placed him among the constellations at the request of Artemis and Leto, and also placed the scorpion there, so that the event would be remembered.</blockquote><blockquote>Others say that Orion, as an adult, fell in love with Artemis, and that it was she who conjured up the scorpion and sent it against him; he was stung by the scorpion and died. The gods, pitying his fate, placed him in the sky among the constellations, along with the animal, so that the event would be remembered. Orion has three bright stars on his head, one bright star on each shoulder, one dim star on his right elbow, one dim star on his hand, three stars on his belt, three dim stars on his dagger, one bright star on each knee, and one bright star on each foot. A total of seventeen.</blockquote>(Eratosthenes, edited and translated by Pamias, Geus and Zucker.)<ref>Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, translated by Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud, Les Belles Lettres, Paris 2013</ref>

			'''Eratosthenes's star catalogue''' can be reconstructed from the list of stars he mentions in the last section of each of the constelllation descriptions. Hoffmann (2017)<ref name=":02">Hoffmann, S. M., <nowiki><i>Hipparchs Himmelsglobus</i></nowiki>. Springer Wiesbaden/ New York, 2017. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-18683-8.</ref> made such a catalogue and used it for computational comparison with Hipparchus's, Ptolemy's and Babylonian data; it is based on the edition and translation by Pamias and Geus (2007)<ref>Eratosthenes: Sternsagen, übersetzt von Pamìas, Jordi und Geus, Klaus, Verlag Utopica, Oberhaid 2007</ref> and presented here in English translation.

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	====== ~~Stars Mentioned~~ ======		====== Hipparchus's "lost" star Catalogue ======
	{\| class="wikitable"
	!		The star catalogue of Hipparchus is not preserved. Yet, several scholars have reconstructed it in the past century: Vogt (1925)<ref>Vogt, H., “Versuch einer Wiederherstellung von Hipparchs Fixsternver zeichnis”, <nowiki><i>Astronomische Nachrichten</i></nowiki>, vol. 224, no. 2, Wiley, p. 17, 1925. doi:10.1002/asna.19252240202.</ref>, Grasshoff (1990)<ref>Graßhoff, G., <nowiki><i>The History of Ptolemy's Star Catalogue</i></nowiki>, Springer, New York, 1990 </ref>, Hoffmann (2017)<ref>Hoffmann, S. M., <nowiki><i>Hipparchs Himmelsglobus</i></nowiki>. Springer Wiesbaden/ New York, 2017. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-18683-8.</ref> and Glover (2026)<ref>Glover, E. (2026). ''The Astronomy of Hipparchus'', Cambridge University Press</ref>. Grasshoff's catalogue and computations are not published digitally, Hoffmann published three versions of the Manitius+Hoffmann<ref>Hipparchus's Lost Star Catalogue (1/2 reconstructed) (Hoffmann, 2017) in VizieR</ref> star lists in the CDS [https://vizier.unistra.fr/ VizieR] "catalog of catalogs", and Glover printed the star lists constellationwise in his book.
	!~~Greek~~		{\|class="wikitable"
	!~~German~~		\|+ Hipparchus's star in Aquarius (Glover 2026)
	!~~English~~
	!ident.		!hipp.Cat.ID
	!~~src~~		!constStarID
	!		!starName
	!~~lam_culm~~		!ident.Bayer
			!ident.HIP
			!concordance
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|416
	\|		\|1
	\|		\|
	\|~~the one in the left hand~~		\|α Ori
	~~\|omi~~ Ori		\|27989
	\|~~Lib II Cap I §9~~		\|CPAE
	~~\|rising, east, first~~
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|417
	\|		\|2
	\|		\|
	\|~~the one in the right foot~~		\|β Ori
	~~\|kap~~ Ori		\|24436
	\|~~Lib II Cap I §9~~		\|CPAE
	\|
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|418
	\|		\|3
	\|		\|
	\|~~the one in the left foot~~		\|γ Ori
	~~\|beta~~ Ori		\|25336
	\|~~Lib III Cap II §9~~		\|CPAE
	~~\|setting, west, first & rising of Boo~~
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|419
	\|		\|4
	\|		\|
	\|~~the northernmost of those in the club~~		\|δ Ori
	~~\|chi1, chi2~~		\|25930
	~~\|Lib III Cap II §9~~		\|CPAE
	\|
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|420
	\|		\|5
	\|~~Die linke Schulter des Orion~~		\|
	\|~~left shoulder of Orion~~		\|ε Ori
	\|~~gam~~ Ori		\|26311
	\|		\|CPAE
	\|~~rising of Boo~~		\|-
	\|		\|421
			\|6
			\|
			\|ζ Ori
			\|26727
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|422
			\|7
			\|
			\|κ Ori
			\|27366
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|423
			\|8
			\|
			\|ο Ori (ο2)
			\|22957
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|424
			\|9
			\|
			\|π1 Ori
			\|22845
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|425
			\|10
			\|
			\|π4 Ori
			\|22549
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|426
			\|11
			\|
			\|χ Ori (χ1)
			\|27913
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|427
			\|12
			\|
			\|χ Ori (χ2)
			\|28716
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|428
			\|13
			\|
			\|π3 Ori
			\|22449
			\|non-CPAE
			\|-
			\|429
			\|14
			\|
			\|g Ori
			\|22833
			\|non-CPAE
	\|}		\|}

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	\|13		\|13
	\|three dim ones on the dagger		\|three dim ones on the dagger
	\|~~M42~~		\| Great Orion Nebula
	\|~~IntegerPart[~~M42]		\|M42
	\|1		\|1
	\|-		\|-

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	'''Var. 1 (Περὶ τοῦ Ὀρίωνος)''': --- [doesn't exist] --- <blockquote>'''Var. 2 (Ὀρίωνος)''': Hesiod says that he was the son of Euryale, daughter of Minos, and Poseidon, and that he received the gift of walking on water as on land; he went to Chios where, after getting drunk, he raped Merope, daughter of Oinopion.</blockquote><blockquote>Oinopiôn learned of this and, enraged by this outrage, gouged out his eyes and banished him from his country. Orion arrived as a vagabond in Lemnos, where he came into contact with Hephaestus, who took pity on him and gave him Cedalion, his own servant, to guide him. Orion took him and put him on his shoulders so that he could show him the way. He went to the east, came into contact with Helios and, apparently, was healed. He then returned to Oinopion to take revenge on him, but the latter had been hidden underground by his compatriots. Despairing of finding him, Orion left for Crete and devoted himself to hunting, hunting in the company of Artemis and Leto and, apparently, he threatened to exterminate all the beasts that appeared on earth. Angry with him, Earth brought forth a gigantic scorpion that killed him by stinging him with its sting. This is why Zeus, considering his courage, placed him among the constellations at the request of Artemis and Leto, and also placed the scorpion there, so that the event would be remembered.</blockquote><blockquote>Others say that Orion, as an adult, fell in love with Artemis, and that it was she who conjured up the scorpion and sent it against him; he was stung by the scorpion and died. The gods, pitying his fate, placed him in the sky among the constellations, along with the animal, so that the event would be remembered. Orion has three bright stars on his head, one bright star on each shoulder, one dim star on his right elbow, one dim star on his hand, three stars on his belt, three dim stars on his dagger, one bright star on each knee, and one bright star on each foot. A total of seventeen.</blockquote>(Eratosthenes, edited and translated by Pamias, Geus and Zucker.)<ref>Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, translated by Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud, Les Belles Lettres, Paris 2013</ref>		'''Var. 1 (Περὶ τοῦ Ὀρίωνος)''': --- [doesn't exist] --- <blockquote>'''Var. 2 (Ὀρίωνος)''': Hesiod says that he was the son of Euryale, daughter of Minos, and Poseidon, and that he received the gift of walking on water as on land; he went to Chios where, after getting drunk, he raped Merope, daughter of Oinopion.</blockquote><blockquote>Oinopiôn learned of this and, enraged by this outrage, gouged out his eyes and banished him from his country. Orion arrived as a vagabond in Lemnos, where he came into contact with Hephaestus, who took pity on him and gave him Cedalion, his own servant, to guide him. Orion took him and put him on his shoulders so that he could show him the way. He went to the east, came into contact with Helios and, apparently, was healed. He then returned to Oinopion to take revenge on him, but the latter had been hidden underground by his compatriots. Despairing of finding him, Orion left for Crete and devoted himself to hunting, hunting in the company of Artemis and Leto and, apparently, he threatened to exterminate all the beasts that appeared on earth. Angry with him, Earth brought forth a gigantic scorpion that killed him by stinging him with its sting. This is why Zeus, considering his courage, placed him among the constellations at the request of Artemis and Leto, and also placed the scorpion there, so that the event would be remembered.</blockquote><blockquote>Others say that Orion, as an adult, fell in love with Artemis, and that it was she who conjured up the scorpion and sent it against him; he was stung by the scorpion and died. The gods, pitying his fate, placed him in the sky among the constellations, along with the animal, so that the event would be remembered. Orion has three bright stars on his head, one bright star on each shoulder, one dim star on his right elbow, one dim star on his hand, three stars on his belt, three dim stars on his dagger, one bright star on each knee, and one bright star on each foot. A total of seventeen.</blockquote>(Eratosthenes, edited and translated by Pamias, Geus and Zucker.)<ref>Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, translated by Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud, Les Belles Lettres, Paris 2013</ref>

			{\|class="wikitable"
			\|+
			!erat.Cat.ID
			!constStarID
			!starName
			!ident.Bayer
			!ident.HIP
			!certainty
			\|-
			\|518
			\|1
			\|three bright stars on the head
			\|lambda Ori
			\|26207
			\|1
			\|-
			\|519
			\|2
			\|three bright stars on the head
			\|phi Ori
			\|26366
			\|1
			\|-
			\|520
			\|3
			\|three bright stars on the head
			\|phi1 Ori
			\|26176
			\|1
			\|-
			\|521
			\|4
			\|one bright one on each shoulder
			\|alpha Ori
			\|27989
			\|1
			\|-
			\|522
			\|5
			\|one bright one on each shoulder
			\|gam Ori
			\|25336
			\|1
			\|-
			\|523
			\|6
			\|one dim one on the right elbow
			\|rho Ori
			\|24331
			\|2
			\|-
			\|524
			\|7
			\|one at the front of the hand
			\|pi3 Ori
			\|22449
			\|2
			\|-
			\|525
			\|8
			\|three on the belt
			\|zeta Ori
			\|26727
			\|1
			\|-
			\|526
			\|9
			\|three on the belt
			\|eps Ori
			\|26311
			\|1
			\|-
			\|527
			\|10
			\|three on the belt
			\|delta Ori
			\|25930
			\|1
			\|-
			\|528
			\|11
			\|three dim ones on the dagger
			\|c Ori
			\|26237
			\|1
			\|-
			\|529
			\|12
			\|three dim ones on the dagger
			\|iota Ori
			\|26241
			\|1
			\|-
			\|530
			\|13
			\|three dim ones on the dagger
			\|M42
			\|IntegerPart[M42]
			\|1
			\|-
			\|531
			\|14
			\|one bright one on each knee
			\|beta Eri
			\|23875
			\|1
			\|-
			\|532
			\|15
			\|one bright one on each knee
			\|kappa Ori
			\|27366
			\|1
			\|-
			\|533
			\|16
			\|one bright one on each foot
			\|beta Ori
			\|24436
			\|1
			\|-
			\|534
			\|17
			\|one bright one on each foot
			\|zeta Lep
			\|27288
			\|2
			\|}

	===== Hipparchus =====		===== Hipparchus =====

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 [[File:Orion (ori).jpg|alt=star chart|thumb|Orion star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).]]
 [[File:Ori-Zodiac-kgl smh2016 009.jpg|thumb|Orion as Roman warrior in a modern Zeiss Planetarium; his club is clearly at the ecliptic and his upper hand in the zodiac. ]]
 One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations|88 IAU constellations]]. Seven stars in Orion are extremely bright and form a very memorable figure. The three bright stars, which are arranged in a line, are particularly striking in the sky. In ancient times, people saw a male figure here. In ancient Mesopotamia, it was [[SIPA.ZI.AN.NA]], the giant male True Shepherd of Anu; the Greek name Orion likely derives from <sup>mul</sup>[[U5.RI2.IN|U<sub>5</sub>.RI<sub>2</sub>.IN]]. The earliest Greek notes on astronomy in Homer describe Orion with the epithet ''Γιγας / Gigas, ‘Giant’,'' and for the Arabs, it was a female giant figure [[Jawza|al-Jawza]].

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	\|τῶν ἐν τῷ κολλορόβῳ β ὁ προηγούμενος		\|τῶν ἐν τῷ κολλορόβῳ β ὁ προηγούμενος
	\|The more advanced of the 2 stars in the staff		\|The more advanced of the 2 stars in the staff
	\|~~chi1~~ Ori		\|chi<sup>1</sup> Ori
	\|-		\|-
	\|12		\|12
	\|ὁ ἑπόμευος αὐτῶν		\|ὁ ἑπόμευος αὐτῶν
	\|The rearmost of them		\|The rearmost of them
	\|~~chii2~~ Ori		\|chi<sup>2</sup> Ori
	\|-		\|-
	\|13		\|13
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	\|ὁ γ’ ἀπὸ τοῦ βορειοτάτου		\|ὁ γ’ ἀπὸ τοῦ βορειοτάτου
	\|the 3rd from the northernmost		\|the 3rd from the northernmost
	\|~~omi2~~ Ori		\|omi<sup>2</sup> Ori
	\|-		\|-
	\|20		\|20
	\|ὁ δ’ ἀπὸ τοῦ βορειοτάτου		\|ὁ δ’ ἀπὸ τοῦ βορειοτάτου
	\|the 4th from the northernmost		\|the 4th from the northernmost
	\|~~pi1~~ Ori		\|pi<sup>1</sup> Ori
	\|-		\|-
	\|21		\|21
	\|ὁ ε ἀπὸ τοῦ βορειοτάτοη		\|ὁ ε ἀπὸ τοῦ βορειοτάτοη
	\|the 5th from the northernmost		\|the 5th from the northernmost
	\|~~pi2~~ Ori		\|pi<sup>2</sup> Ori
	\|-		\|-
	\|22		\|22
	\|ὁ ς’ ἀπὸ τοῦ βορειοτάτου		\|ὁ ς’ ἀπὸ τοῦ βορειοτάτου
	\|the 6th from the northernmost		\|the 6th from the northernmost
	\|~~pi3~~ Ori		\|pi<sup>3</sup> Ori
	\|-		\|-
	\|23		\|23
	\|ὁ ξ’ ἀπὸ τοῦ βορειοτάτου		\|ὁ ξ’ ἀπὸ τοῦ βορειοτάτου
	\|the 7th from the northernmost		\|the 7th from the northernmost
	\|~~pi4~~ Ori		\|pi<sup>4</sup> Ori
	\|-		\|-
	\|24		\|24
	\|ὁ ἡ ἀπὸ τοῦ βορειοτάτου		\|ὁ ἡ ἀπὸ τοῦ βορειοτάτου
	\|the 8th from the northernmost		\|the 8th from the northernmost
	\|~~pi5~~ Ori		\|pi<sup>5</sup> Ori
	\|-		\|-
	\|25		\|25
	\|ὁ λοιπὸς καὶ νοτιώτατος τῶν ἐν τῇ δορᾷ		\|ὁ λοιπὸς καὶ νοτιώτατος τῶν ἐν τῇ δορᾷ
	\|the last and southernmost of those in the pelt		\|the last and southernmost of those in the pelt
	\|~~pi6~~ Ori		\|pi<sup>6</sup> Ori
	\|-		\|-
	\|26		\|26
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	\|ὁ μέσος αὐτῶν		\|ὁ μέσος αὐτῶν
	\|The middle one		\|The middle one
	\|~~tet1~~ + ~~tet2~~ Ori		\|tet<sup>1</sup> + tet<sup>2</sup> Ori
	\|-		\|-
	\|32		\|32

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	\|-		\|-
	\|15		\|15
	\|π 4 Orionis		\|π<sup>4</sup> Orionis
	\|HIP 22549		\|HIP 22549
	\|Constellation lines		\|Constellation lines
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	\|16		\|16
	\|π 5 Orionis		\|π<sup>5</sup> Orionis
	\|HIP 22797		\|HIP 22797
	\|Constellation lines (Vertex)		\|Constellation lines (Vertex)
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	\|18		\|18
	\|ο 2 Orionis		\|ο<sup>2</sup> Orionis
	\|HIP 22957		\|HIP 22957
	\|Constellation lines (Vertex)		\|Constellation lines (Vertex)
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	\|-		\|-
	\|19		\|19
	\|ϕ 2 Orionis		\|ϕ<sup>2</sup> Orionis
	\|HIP 26366		\|HIP 26366
	\|Constellation lines		\|Constellation lines
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	\|-		\|-
	\|24		\|24
	\|π 2 Orionis		\|π<sup>2</sup> Orionis
	\|HIP 22509		\|HIP 22509
	\|Constellation lines (Vertex)		\|Constellation lines (Vertex)
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	\|26		\|26
	\|χ 1 Orionis		\|χ<sup>1</sup> Orionis
	\|HIP 27913		\|HIP 27913
	\|Constellation lines (Vertex)		\|Constellation lines (Vertex)
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	\|-		\|-
	\|27		\|27
	\|ϕ 1 Orionis		\|ϕ<sup>1</sup> Orionis
	\|HIP 26176		\|HIP 26176
	\|Constellation lines		\|Constellation lines
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	\|-		\|-
	\|28		\|28
	\|π 6 Orionis		\|π<sup>6</sup> Orionis
	\|HIP 23123		\|HIP 23123
	\|Constellation lines		\|Constellation lines
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	\|-		\|-
	\|33		\|33
	\|ψ 2 Orionis		\|ψ<sup>2</sup> Orionis
	\|HIP 25473		\|HIP 25473
	\|Inside the hull		\|Inside the hull
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	\|-		\|-
	\|34		\|34
	\|χ 2 Orionis		\|χ<sup>2</sup> Orionis
	\|HIP 28716		\|HIP 28716
	\|Constellation lines (Vertex)		\|Constellation lines (Vertex)
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	\|36		\|36
	\|π 1 Orionis		\|π<sup>1</sup> Orionis
	\|HIP 22845		\|HIP 22845
	\|Constellation lines		\|Constellation lines
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	\|-		\|-
	\|50		\|50
	\|ψ 1 Orionis		\|ψ<sup>1</sup> Orionis
	\|HIP 25302		\|HIP 25302
	\|Inside the hull		\|Inside the hull
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	\|-		\|-
	\|54		\|54
	\|θ 1 Orionis C		\|θ<sup>1</sup> Orionis C
	\|HIP 26221		\|HIP 26221
	\|Inside the hull		\|Inside the hull
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	\|-		\|-
	\|163		\|163
	\|θ 2 Orionis		\|θ<sup>2</sup> Orionis
	\|HIP 26235		\|HIP 26235
	\|Inside the hull		\|Inside the hull
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	* [https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/category/vpc-taxonomy-017082 Warburg Institute Iconographic Database – Orion]		* [https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/category/vpc-taxonomy-017082 Warburg Institute Iconographic Database – Orion]
			* Ian Ridpath's ''Star Tales'' – [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/orion.html Orion]

	==References==		==References==

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	'''Var. 1 (Περὶ τοῦ Ὀρίωνος)''': <blockquote>'''Var. 2 (Ὀρίωνος)''': Hesiod says that he was the son of Euryale, daughter of Minos, and Poseidon, and that he received the gift of walking on water as on land; he went to Chios where, after getting drunk, he raped Merope, daughter of Oinopion.</blockquote><blockquote>Oinopiôn learned of this and, enraged by this outrage, gouged out his eyes and banished him from his country. Orion arrived as a vagabond in Lemnos, where he came into contact with Hephaestus, who took pity on him and gave him Cedalion, his own servant, to guide him. Orion took him and put him on his shoulders so that he could show him the way. He went to the east, came into contact with Helios and, apparently, was healed. He then returned to Oinopion to take revenge on him, but the latter had been hidden underground by his compatriots. Despairing of finding him, Orion left for Crete and devoted himself to hunting, hunting in the company of Artemis and Leto and, apparently, he threatened to exterminate all the beasts that appeared on earth. Angry with him, Earth brought forth a gigantic scorpion that killed him by stinging him with its sting. This is why Zeus, considering his courage, placed him among the constellations at the request of Artemis and Leto, and also placed the scorpion there, so that the event would be remembered.</blockquote><blockquote>Others say that Orion, as an adult, fell in love with Artemis, and that it was she who conjured up the scorpion and sent it against him; he was stung by the scorpion and died. The gods, pitying his fate, placed him in the sky among the constellations, along with the animal, so that the event would be remembered. Orion has three bright stars on his head, one bright star on each shoulder, one dim star on his right elbow, one dim star on his hand, three stars on his belt, three dim stars on his dagger, one bright star on each knee, and one bright star on each foot. A total of seventeen.</blockquote>(Eratosthenes, edited and translated by Pamias, Geus and Zucker.)<ref>Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, translated by Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud, Les Belles Lettres, Paris 2013</ref>		'''Var. 1 (Περὶ τοῦ Ὀρίωνος)''': --- [doesn't exist] --- <blockquote>'''Var. 2 (Ὀρίωνος)''': Hesiod says that he was the son of Euryale, daughter of Minos, and Poseidon, and that he received the gift of walking on water as on land; he went to Chios where, after getting drunk, he raped Merope, daughter of Oinopion.</blockquote><blockquote>Oinopiôn learned of this and, enraged by this outrage, gouged out his eyes and banished him from his country. Orion arrived as a vagabond in Lemnos, where he came into contact with Hephaestus, who took pity on him and gave him Cedalion, his own servant, to guide him. Orion took him and put him on his shoulders so that he could show him the way. He went to the east, came into contact with Helios and, apparently, was healed. He then returned to Oinopion to take revenge on him, but the latter had been hidden underground by his compatriots. Despairing of finding him, Orion left for Crete and devoted himself to hunting, hunting in the company of Artemis and Leto and, apparently, he threatened to exterminate all the beasts that appeared on earth. Angry with him, Earth brought forth a gigantic scorpion that killed him by stinging him with its sting. This is why Zeus, considering his courage, placed him among the constellations at the request of Artemis and Leto, and also placed the scorpion there, so that the event would be remembered.</blockquote><blockquote>Others say that Orion, as an adult, fell in love with Artemis, and that it was she who conjured up the scorpion and sent it against him; he was stung by the scorpion and died. The gods, pitying his fate, placed him in the sky among the constellations, along with the animal, so that the event would be remembered. Orion has three bright stars on his head, one bright star on each shoulder, one dim star on his right elbow, one dim star on his hand, three stars on his belt, three dim stars on his dagger, one bright star on each knee, and one bright star on each foot. A total of seventeen.</blockquote>(Eratosthenes, edited and translated by Pamias, Geus and Zucker.)<ref>Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, translated by Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud, Les Belles Lettres, Paris 2013</ref>

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	Pamias and Zucker (2013,<ref>Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, Belles Lettres, Paris</ref> 82-84)		Pamias and Zucker (2013,<ref>Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, Belles Lettres, Paris</ref> 98-100)

	'''Var. 1 (Περὶ τοῦ )''':		'''Var. 1 (Περὶ τοῦ Ὀρίωνος)''': <blockquote>'''Var. 2 (Ὀρίωνος)''': Hesiod says that he was the son of Euryale, daughter of Minos, and Poseidon, and that he received the gift of walking on water as on land; he went to Chios where, after getting drunk, he raped Merope, daughter of Oinopion.</blockquote><blockquote>Oinopiôn learned of this and, enraged by this outrage, gouged out his eyes and banished him from his country. Orion arrived as a vagabond in Lemnos, where he came into contact with Hephaestus, who took pity on him and gave him Cedalion, his own servant, to guide him. Orion took him and put him on his shoulders so that he could show him the way. He went to the east, came into contact with Helios and, apparently, was healed. He then returned to Oinopion to take revenge on him, but the latter had been hidden underground by his compatriots. Despairing of finding him, Orion left for Crete and devoted himself to hunting, hunting in the company of Artemis and Leto and, apparently, he threatened to exterminate all the beasts that appeared on earth. Angry with him, Earth brought forth a gigantic scorpion that killed him by stinging him with its sting. This is why Zeus, considering his courage, placed him among the constellations at the request of Artemis and Leto, and also placed the scorpion there, so that the event would be remembered.</blockquote><blockquote>Others say that Orion, as an adult, fell in love with Artemis, and that it was she who conjured up the scorpion and sent it against him; he was stung by the scorpion and died. The gods, pitying his fate, placed him in the sky among the constellations, along with the animal, so that the event would be remembered. Orion has three bright stars on his head, one bright star on each shoulder, one dim star on his right elbow, one dim star on his hand, three stars on his belt, three dim stars on his dagger, one bright star on each knee, and one bright star on each foot. A total of seventeen.</blockquote>(Eratosthenes, edited and translated by Pamias, Geus and Zucker.)<ref>Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, translated by Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud, Les Belles Lettres, Paris 2013</ref>

	'''Var. 2 ()''':
	~~<blockquote>~~Hesiod says that he was the son of Euryale, daughter of Minos, and Poseidon, and that he received the gift of walking on water as on land; he went to Chios where, after getting drunk, he raped Merope, daughter of Oinopion. </blockquote><blockquote>Oinopiôn learned of this and, enraged by this outrage, gouged out his eyes and banished him from his country. Orion arrived as a vagabond in Lemnos, where he came into contact with Hephaestus, who took pity on him and gave him Cedalion, his own servant, to guide him. Orion took him and put him on his shoulders so that he could show him the way. He went to the east, came into contact with Helios and, apparently, was healed. He then returned to Oinopion to take revenge on him, but the latter had been hidden underground by his compatriots. Despairing of finding him, Orion left for Crete and devoted himself to hunting, hunting in the company of Artemis and Leto and, apparently, he threatened to exterminate all the beasts that appeared on earth. Angry with him, Earth brought forth a gigantic scorpion that killed him by stinging him with its sting. This is why Zeus, considering his courage, placed him among the constellations at the request of Artemis and Leto, and also placed the scorpion there, so that the event would be remembered.</blockquote><blockquote>Others say that Orion, as an adult, fell in love with Artemis, and that it was she who conjured up the scorpion and sent it against him; he was stung by the scorpion and died. The gods, pitying his fate, placed him in the sky among the constellations, along with the animal, so that the event would be remembered. Orion has three bright stars on his head, one bright star on each shoulder, one dim star on his right elbow, one dim star on his hand, three stars on his belt, three dim stars on his dagger, one bright star on each knee, and one bright star on each foot. A total of seventeen.</blockquote>(Eratosthenes, edited and translated by Pamias, Geus and Zucker.)<ref>Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, translated by Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud, Les Belles Lettres, Paris 2013</ref>

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			'''Var. 1 (Περὶ τοῦ )''':

			'''Var. 2 ()''':
	<blockquote>Hesiod says that he was the son of Euryale, daughter of Minos, and Poseidon, and that he received the gift of walking on water as on land; he went to Chios where, after getting drunk, he raped Merope, daughter of Oinopion. </blockquote><blockquote>Oinopiôn learned of this and, enraged by this outrage, gouged out his eyes and banished him from his country. Orion arrived as a vagabond in Lemnos, where he came into contact with Hephaestus, who took pity on him and gave him Cedalion, his own servant, to guide him. Orion took him and put him on his shoulders so that he could show him the way. He went to the east, came into contact with Helios and, apparently, was healed. He then returned to Oinopion to take revenge on him, but the latter had been hidden underground by his compatriots. Despairing of finding him, Orion left for Crete and devoted himself to hunting, hunting in the company of Artemis and Leto and, apparently, he threatened to exterminate all the beasts that appeared on earth. Angry with him, Earth brought forth a gigantic scorpion that killed him by stinging him with its sting. This is why Zeus, considering his courage, placed him among the constellations at the request of Artemis and Leto, and also placed the scorpion there, so that the event would be remembered.</blockquote><blockquote>Others say that Orion, as an adult, fell in love with Artemis, and that it was she who conjured up the scorpion and sent it against him; he was stung by the scorpion and died. The gods, pitying his fate, placed him in the sky among the constellations, along with the animal, so that the event would be remembered. Orion has three bright stars on his head, one bright star on each shoulder, one dim star on his right elbow, one dim star on his hand, three stars on his belt, three dim stars on his dagger, one bright star on each knee, and one bright star on each foot. A total of seventeen.</blockquote>(Eratosthenes, edited and translated by Pamias, Geus and Zucker.)<ref>Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, translated by Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud, Les Belles Lettres, Paris 2013</ref>		<blockquote>Hesiod says that he was the son of Euryale, daughter of Minos, and Poseidon, and that he received the gift of walking on water as on land; he went to Chios where, after getting drunk, he raped Merope, daughter of Oinopion. </blockquote><blockquote>Oinopiôn learned of this and, enraged by this outrage, gouged out his eyes and banished him from his country. Orion arrived as a vagabond in Lemnos, where he came into contact with Hephaestus, who took pity on him and gave him Cedalion, his own servant, to guide him. Orion took him and put him on his shoulders so that he could show him the way. He went to the east, came into contact with Helios and, apparently, was healed. He then returned to Oinopion to take revenge on him, but the latter had been hidden underground by his compatriots. Despairing of finding him, Orion left for Crete and devoted himself to hunting, hunting in the company of Artemis and Leto and, apparently, he threatened to exterminate all the beasts that appeared on earth. Angry with him, Earth brought forth a gigantic scorpion that killed him by stinging him with its sting. This is why Zeus, considering his courage, placed him among the constellations at the request of Artemis and Leto, and also placed the scorpion there, so that the event would be remembered.</blockquote><blockquote>Others say that Orion, as an adult, fell in love with Artemis, and that it was she who conjured up the scorpion and sent it against him; he was stung by the scorpion and died. The gods, pitying his fate, placed him in the sky among the constellations, along with the animal, so that the event would be remembered. Orion has three bright stars on his head, one bright star on each shoulder, one dim star on his right elbow, one dim star on his hand, three stars on his belt, three dim stars on his dagger, one bright star on each knee, and one bright star on each foot. A total of seventeen.</blockquote>(Eratosthenes, edited and translated by Pamias, Geus and Zucker.)<ref>Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, translated by Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud, Les Belles Lettres, Paris 2013</ref>

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