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Hyrieus
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English
Etymology
From en la #Latin Hyrieus.
Pronunciation
en /ˈhɪriˌuːs/
Proper noun
en Greek mythology A Boeotian man (a king or, sometimes, a peasant) who was the father of the giant huntsman Orion.
en January 1983 w:Astronomy magazine AstroMedia Corp. skylore 47 3 https://archive.org/details/asy-1988-10/1983/ASY_1983_01/page/46/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Hyrieus 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.
Latin
Etymology 1
la Hyrieus :der grc:Ὑριεύς + 1
Pronunciation
Hy.ri.e_us
Proper noun
Hyrieus<2> Hyrieī/Hyrieos m
Hyrieus legendary Boeotian who sired the giant Orion.
1st century or , Hyginus mythographus, Fabulae CXCV. ORION:
la Mercurius de tauro quem Hyrieus ipsis immolarat corium protulit; illi in eum urinam fecerunt et in terram obruerunt, unde natus est Orion. Mercury brought out the hide of the bull which Hyrieus had sacrificed to them; they urinated on it and buried it underground, whence was born Orion.
1st century or , Hyginus mythographus, De Astronomia II.XXXIV:
la Aristomachus autem dicit quemdam Hyriea fuisse Thebis, Pindarus autem in insula Chio. Ex quo postea natum puerum, quem Hyrieus e facto Uriona appellaret. Sed venustate et consuetudine factum est, ut Orion vocaretur. Aristomachus says that there lived a certain Hyrieus at Thebes; Pindar puts him on the island of Chios. From this, later on, a child was born whom Hyrieus called Urion from the happening, though on account of his charm and affability he came to be called Orion. “From this” (Ex quo) refers to the event mentioned in the fabulae cxcv. orion quotation (which see above).
la Ovid Fasti 5 499 503 Forte senex Hyrieus, angusti cultor agelli,hos videt, exiguam stabat ut ante casam,atque ita 'longa via est, nec tempora longa supersunt',dixit 'et hospitibus ianua nostra patet.' By chance, an old man, Hyrieus, farmer of a tiny plot,saw them, as he stood in front of his meagre dwelling:and spoke to them: ‘The way’s long, little of day is left,and my threshold’s welcoming to strangers.’
Declension
Hyrieus<2> Hyrieus Hyrieī/Hyrieos Hyrieum/Hyriea Hyrieu
Related terms
la Hyriē
la Ōrīōn
Etymology 2
Equivalent to la Hyrieus -ius, as if from grc *Ὑριεῖος.
Pronunciation
Hyriēus
Adjective
Hyriēus
Of or belonging to Hyrieus.
la Ovid Fasti 6 719 At pater Heliadum radios ubi tinxerit undis,et cinget geminos stella serena polos,tollet humo validos proles Hyriea lacertos;continua Delphin nocte videndus erit. But when the father of the Heliades shall have dipped his rays in the billows,and heaven’s twin poles are girdled by the stars serene,the offspring of Hyrieus [i.e. Orion] shall lift his mighty shoulders above the earth:on the next night the Dolphin will be visible.
Declension
Hyriēus
References
Hyrĭeus
Hyrieūs 762, column 2