Orion (mythology) from Earth. Gaia (the personification of Earth in Greek mythology) objected and created the Scorpion. In the second story, Apollo objected to his sister Artemis's love for Orion, and, seeing Orion swimming with just his head visible, challenged her to shoot at that mark, which she hit, killing him. He connects Orion with several constellations, not just Scorpio. Orion chased Pleione, the mother of the Pleiades, for seven years, until Zeus intervened and raised all of them to the stars. In "Works and Days", Orion chases the Pleiades themselves. Canis Minor and Canis Major are his dogs, the one in
Tenerus (son of Apollo) Teneros". Pausanias says that Tenerus was given "the art of divination", by his father Apollo. Tenerus was also perhaps connected with the Ptoion, the oracular sanctuary of Apollo Ptoieus at the foot of Mount Ptoion. Tenerus (son of Apollo) In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Theban hero Tenerus was the son and prophet of Apollo. His mother was Melia, a daughter of the Titan Oceanus. According to Pausanius, Melia, who had been abducted by Apollo, gave birth to Tenerus and his brother ismenus, the eponym of the Theban river. The Teneric plain, Northwest of Thebes was named after Tenerus.