Oria is literally the land of Ur.
[1217] Strabo. l. 10. p. 683. He mentions a domestic quarrel among some of this family, and adds, τους Ωριτας—πολεμουμενους ὑπο των Ελλοπιεων, that the Oritæ were attacked by the Ellopians.
[1218] Antoninus Liberalis. c. 25. p. 130.
[1219] Ἡ Ὑρια δε της Ταναγρικης νυν εστι, προτερον δε της Θηβαϊδος, ὁπου ὁ Ὑριος μεμυθευται, και ἡ του Ωριωνος γενεσις. Strabo. l. 9. p. 620. He is called Ὑριευς by Euphorion. See Homer. Σ. Scholia. v. 486.
[1220] Εστι και Ωριωνος μνημα εν Ταναγρα. Pausan. l. 9. p. 749.
[1221] Εστι δ' ἡ μεν Ὑρια προς τον Ευριπον. Steph. Byzant.
[1222] Pausanias. l. 2. p. 181.
[1223] Europus is the same as Oropus, and signifies Orus Pytho. Ops, Opis, Opus, Opas, all signify a serpent. Zeus was the same as Orus and Osiris; hence styled Europus, and Europas; which Homer has converted to Ευρυοπας, and accordingly styles Jupiter Ευρυοπα Ζευς.
[1224] Pausanias. l. 3. p. 245. ειναι δε αυτους Ὑραιου παιδας.
[1225] L. 2. c. 4. p. 87.