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This figure fathered the Coronides by his first wife, whom Hera sent to Tartarus for being too beautiful. In one story, this husband of Side (“SIGH-dee”) was conceived when three gods urinated on a bull hide to give king Hyriaeus (“high-REE-us”) of Boeotia (“bee-OH-shuh”) a son. This figure carried Hephaestus’s servant Cedalion, who guided him (10[1])to the healing rays of Helios, on his shoulders. A jealous Apollo (10[1])challenged another deity to shoot a black object far out at sea, which turned out to be this figure swimming. This figure, who was blinded by Merope’s (“MARE-oh-pee’s”) father for violating her, (-5[1])boasted that he could kill every beast on earth, (10[1])after which Gaea sent a creature that stung him to death. (10[1])For 10 points, the constellation Scorpio represents the killer of what hunter whose own constellation has a “belt” of three stars? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Orion
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