Welcome to the Orion Bar, Poros Island.

We invite you to join us for a fun packed nights of dance, socialising with friends and enjoying our bars excellent service. Every night is party night for us. On this site you find information on the bar, special events during the year, see images taken by our customers, details of our opening times and a map to help you locate us and links to our friends web sites.

Greek Myth regarding the Orion Constellation.

First is a simple version of the Greek Myth regarding the Orion Constellation from where our bar receives its name. The story of Orion Like all myths borrowed from several sources over a great length of time, the Greek stories offer many variations. Generally speaking, Orion was known as the "dweller of the mountain", and was famous for his prowess both as a hunter and as a lover. But when he boasted that he would eventually rid the earth of all the wild animals, his doom may have been sealed. It might have been the Earth Goddess herself who sent the deadly scorpion to Orion. Or possibly Apollo, concerned that Orion had designs on his sister, Artemis. Thus Apollo may have told the Earth Goddess of Orion's boast. In any case, it seems clear that it was the Earth Goddess who sent the scorpion on its mission. Some stories have the scorpion killing Orion with its sting. However the general consensus is that he engaged the scorpion in battle but quickly realised its armour was impervious to any mortal's attack. Orion then jumped into the sea and swam toward Delos. But Apollo had witnessed Orion's struggle with the scorpion and would not let him escape so easily. He challenged his sister Artemis, who was an excellent shot, if she could hit that small black object far away in the sea, the head -- he told her -- of an infamous and treacherous villain. Artemis struck the object with her first shot. She then swam out to retrieve her victim's corpse, and discovered she had killed Orion. Artemis implored the gods to restore his life, but Zeus objected. So she put Orion's image in the heavens. In his eternal hunting, Orion is careful to keep well ahead of the scorpion. In fact Orion has disappeared over the horizon by the time Scorpio rises in the east, as it becomes his turn to rule the evening sky.

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