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The one underlying fact on the myths of ancient Greece and Rome is that they are myths so must have been changed a lot by whoever recounted them.
My book from H.A. Guerber 1907 says Orion was blinded by Oenopion and had sight restored by a friendly cyclops who took him to the Sun from where he borrowed a store of sight. Diana fell in love with him much to the annoyance of Apollo who tricked her into shooting him with an arrow. When she discovered her error she placed him in the sky with his faithful dog Sirius. Scorpio does not get a mention in my book.
Pegasus was born from the blood of the slain Medusa. Who was slain (Beheaded) by Perseus as a task to prove himself brave although there are different versions of how he got the means to do this.
Barry
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