Orion was a great 

hunter who 

boasted that he 

would eventually 

rid the earth of 

all the wild 

animals.

However, he met 

his match when 

he faced 

Scorpius, the 

great scorpion.    

Orion found that the armor of 

Scorpius was impenetrable to any 

mortal’s attack.   He then fled by 

jumping into the sea and swimming 

away.  

Apollo, who did not like Orion, saw an 

opportunity to dispose of him.   Apollo 

challenged his sister Artemis, who was an 

excellent shot with a bow, to see if she 

could hit a small black object far away in 

the sea.   He told her that the small black 

object was an infamous and treacherous 

villain. Artemis struck the object with her 

first shot.  

She then swam out to retrieve 

her victim’s corpse, and 

discovered she had killed Orion.  

Artemis implored the gods to 

restore his life, but Zeus 

objected, so she put Orion’s 

image in the heavens.