Editing Hyrieus (section)

=== Orion ===
Some speak of Hyrieus as Orion's natural father;<ref>[[Antoninus Liberalis]], [https://topostext.org/work/216#25 25]</ref> others relate that he was childless and a widower and became (technically) adoptive father of Orion via the following circumstances. He was visited by [[Zeus]] and [[Hermes]] (some add Poseidon), who, to express gratitude for his hospitality, promised him to fulfill a wish of his; he said that he wanted children. The gods filled a sacrificial bull's hide with their urine, then told Hyrieus to bury it. Nine months later, Hyrieus found a newborn baby boy inside and named him Orion; Roman authors thought of the Latin word ''urina'' "urine" as an etymon for Orion's name (though actually his name is obviously not of Latin origin).<ref>Ovid, ''Fasti'' 5.493-536; Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#195 195]; ''De astronomia'' [https://topostext.org/work/207#2.34.2 2.34.2]</ref> Nonnus, on account of this story, refers to Orion as "having three fathers" and to [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaea]] (Earth) as his mother.<ref>Nonnus, ''Dionysiaca'' 13.96-105</ref>