Orion and the Sisters

Orion was a giant-sized hunter of prodigious strength. He was created by Zeus at the request of King Hyrieus of Boeotia, who had entertained Zeus most hansomely and who dearly wanted a son. Orion was such a passionate hunter that he offended even Artemis, the patroness of hunters, because he killed off all the wild animals of Crete. Orion then began to hunt young women, mainly the seven daughters of Atlas. Fleeing form the giant, the sisters prayed to Zeus for help. IN response, Zeus turned them into doves; when they reached the sky, the doves became the star cluster called the Pleiades. Then Zeus, to keep Orios out of further mischief, also chaged him, alng with his dog Sirious, into a constellation.