Artemis took part in the battle against the Giants. He knocked, with the help of Heracles, the Giant Gration. It also caused the loss of two other monsters, and oxpecker Aloadae, eater of oxen, in Arcadia. In any case, the victims of Artemis include Orion, the giant hunter. The reason that prompted him to kill it differs according to the traditions or Orion incurred the wrath of the goddess for having defied throw the discus, or for trying to kidnap one of her companions, Opis, who had commanded the country come of the Hyperborean, or Orion had tried to rape Artemis itself, so she sent a scorpion with its sting killed him. Stresses also the death of another hunter, Actaeon, son of Aristes, also of Meleager.