Orion The Hunter

Retells the story of Orion, the mythic hunter, and how his actions angered the gods and sealed his fate.

The final chapter of Orion the Hunter. Orion delves into the underbelly of Hades to stop the war of the Olympians while also trying to save the earth.

Text and illustrations explore and explain the constellation Orion, the Hunter, from ancient perspectives on the universe to the birth and evolution of stars.

Part of the God War multi-title crossover event. Once Olympia's greatest hunter, Orion sits as the centuries turn to millennia. Torn between his resentment of the Pantheon, his crumbling faith and his need to serve them, Orion seeks the ultimate purpose of his immortal life and is thrust in the middle of a conspiracy that can destroy Olympus. Orion delves into the dark underbelly of Greek mythos -- the rumblings of a massive war between the Olympians and the lesser gods sits on the shoulders of a long ignored demi-god whom both sides see as the key. Part of the God War multi-title crossover event.

Every night, a pageant of Greek mythology circles overhead. Perseus flies to the rescue of Andromeda, Orion faces the charge of the snorting Bull, and the ship of the Argonauts sails in search of the Golden Fleece. Constellations are the invention of human imagination, not of nature. They are an expression of the human desire to impress its own order upon the apparent chaos of the night sky. Modern science tells us that these twinkling points of light are glowing balls of gas, but the ancient Greeks, to whom we owe many of our constellations, knew nothing of this. Ian Ridpath, award-winning astronomy writer and popularizer, has been intrigued by the myths of the stars for many years. Star Tales is the first modern guide to combine all the fascinating myths in one book, illustrated with the beautiful and evocative engravings from two of the leading star atlases: Johann Bode’s Uranographia of 1801 and John Flamsteed’s Atlas Coelestis of 1729. This classic book, now in a revised and expanded edition, presents additional information on the constellations with new and enchanting illustrations. For anyone interested in the stars and classical mythology, for anyone who is an armchair astronomer, this is the perfect gift.

Shining, heroic, belted with bright stars, Orion is the classic Western image of the hunter metaphor for how men understand and assert their identites. Through mythology, anthropology, literature, and art, author Charles Bergman offers an original and compelling interpretation of Western masculinity.

Humans consider themselves as not evolving anymore. The best and final versions of themselves. WE can look at the past and see that WE have evolved but always think that WE are now the best "We" we will ever be and no matter what the future holds, WE will never evolve again. Science can prove we are wrong and we are evolving still and we will evolve even more as time goes on. Right now we just don't want to admit it to ourselves. Right now we are just as barbaric to future generations of humans as the old ones in the past are to us now. Science can't prove what WE will evolve into but I think that this is where we will start. Want to join me?