 In Ancient Greece , Orion had a hero cult in the region of Boeotia . The number of places associated with his birth suggest that it was widespread . Hyria , the most frequently mentioned , was in the territory of Tanagra . A feast of Orion was held at Tanagra as late as the Roman Empire . They had a tomb of Orion most likely at the foot of Mount <unk> ( now Mount Tanagra ) . Maurice Bowra argues that Orion was a national hero of the Boeotians , much as Castor and Pollux were for the Dorians . He bases this claim on the Athenian epigram on the Battle of Coronea in which a hero gave the Boeotian army an oracle , then fought on their side and defeated the Athenians . 
