The Scorpius constellation probably originated in Sumer in the late fourth millennium bce and is associated with Greek myths, including the scorpion that stung the heroic hunter Orion to death or the scorpion that caused the horses of the Sun to start in fright when the solar chariot was driven by the inexperienced Phaethon.
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