 The Boeotian school of epic poetry was chiefly concerned with the genealogies of the gods and heroes ; later writers elaborated this web . Several other myths are attached to Orion in this way : A papyrus fragment of the Boeotian poet Corinna gives Orion fifty sons ( a traditional number ) . This included the oracular hero Acraephen , who , she sings , gave a response to Asopus regarding Asopus ' daughters who were abducted by the gods . Corinna sang of Orion conquering and naming all the land of the dawn . Bowra argues that Orion was believed to have delivered oracles as well , probably at a different shrine . Hyginus says that Hylas 's mother was Menodice , daughter of Orion . Another mythographer , Liberalis , tells of Menippe and Metioche , daughters of Orion , who sacrificed themselves for their country 's good and were transformed into comets . 
