Research Paper On Orion

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Ever since I was very little, Orion has been my favorite constellation. It was the first constellation that I learned to find in the night sky - my mum took me and my sister outside one winter night, and showed us the three bright stars that make up Orion's belt, and the other fainter stars that mark his shoulders and legs. The stars on Orion's belt are bright enough to be seen even through city light pollution, so it has been one of the few constellations that I have been able to find no matter where I've lived. Orion is most visible during winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and is not visible during the summer, as it is in the sky during the day between May and July. The seven brightest stars in the constellation make up an hourglass shape, …show more content…
According to some tales, Orion was the son of Poseidon, the sea-god, and of Euryale, the daughter of the king of Crete. While hunting in Crete with the goddess Artemis and her mother, Orion boasted that he could kill any beast on earth. In response, the Scorpion was created and sent after Orion. After the Scorpion succeeded in killing Orion, the gods raised both Orion and the Scorpion into the heavens, creating the constellations Scorpius and …show more content…
And though Orion tried to be content as a simple cobbler, he could not help but see the desperate state of his city. When the war had come, the good men of the city had all enlisted, and in their absence, greedy and evil men had slithered their way into positions of power. Now, the whole city was under their sway, and its citizens suffered poverty and hunger in silence, for they knew there would be no help.

In the face of the city's need, Orion could sit by no longer. Picking up his weapon and donning a hood to hide his face, he went out into the night to bring justice to his city at the point of a sword. Stories quickly spread throughout the city of a vigilante who stalked in the darkness, cutting down criminals, and forcing the powerful to make restitution for their crimes. The people lauded him as a hero, and the evil men either ran for the hills or changed their ways. Soon, under Orion's faithful guardianship, the city began to thrive once more, and word of its prosperity spread across the