Hyrieus

H4Y4R1I1E1U1S1
/ˈhɪriˌuːs/

proper noun

A Boeotian man (a king or, sometimes, a peasant) who was the father of the giant huntsman Orion.

OriginLatin Hyrieus →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Greekhuman sciencesA Boeotian man (a king or, sometimes, a peasant) who was the father of the giant huntsman Orion.

    Another version of Orion’s birth dispenses with Earth and says that Hyrieus was not a king, but rather a humble bee-keeper and farmer who, in his old age, regretted his decision to have no children.

    1983 January 29, Astronomy magazine, AstroMedia Corp., skylore, page 47, column 3

Origin

  1. LatinHyrieus
  2. EnglishHyrieus

From Latin Hyrieus.

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