Hyria
A Boeotian town where the giants Orion and Orion's origin myth was set, connected to Zeus, Poseidon, and Hermes.
The Story of Hyria
At Hyria in Boeotia lived a poor farmer named Hyrieus who had grown old without children. When Zeus, Poseidon, and Hermes came to him as guests, he slaughtered his only ox to feed them. The gods, moved by his generosity, offered to grant him any wish; he asked for a child. They urinated on the hide of the slaughtered ox and buried it in the earth, telling him to dig it up ten months later. He did so and found the infant Orion, who grew to be a giant hunter of extraordinary power. His name was derived, in the ancient etymology, from "ouron" — urine — describing his unusual conception.
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{Orion (born here)}
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Fun Fact
Orion's bizarre conception myth was apparently told seriously in antiquity — it explained both his extraordinary size and his connection to three of the most powerful Olympians simultaneously.
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