 Ancient sources tell several different stories about Orion ; there are two major versions of his birth and several versions of his death . The most important recorded episodes are his birth somewhere in Boeotia , his visit to Chios where he met Merope and was blinded by her father , Oenopion , the recovery of his sight at Lemnos , his hunting with Artemis on Crete , his death by the bow of Artemis or the sting of the giant scorpion which became Scorpio , and his elevation to the heavens . Most ancient sources omit some of these episodes and several tell only one . These various incidents may originally have been independent , unrelated stories and it is impossible to tell whether omissions are simple brevity or represent a real disagreement . 
