"Down Fell The Red Skin Of The Lion Into The River At His Feet. His Mighty

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Orion

"Down fell the red skin of the lion Into the river at his feet. His mighty
club no longer beat The forehead of the bull; but he Reeled as of yore beside
the sea, When blinded by Oenopion He sought the blacksmith at his forge, And
climbing up the narrow gorge, Fixed his blank eyes upon the sun." ~The
"Occultation of Orion" by Mr. Longfellow~ This poem was written about
the Greek myth of Orion. The story says that Orion, the son of Neptune, was a
handsome giant and a mighty hunter. His father gave him the power of wading
through the depths of the sea, or, as others would say, walking on its surface.
Orion loved Merope, the daughter of Oenopion, king of Chios, and sought her in
marriage. He cleared the island of wild beasts, and brought the spoils of the
chase as presents to his beloved; but as Oenopion constantly deferred his
consent, Orion attempted to gain possession of the maiden by violence. Her
father, incensed at this conduct, having made Orion drunk, deprived him of his
sight and cast him out on the seashore. The blinded hero followed the sound, of
a Cyclops' hammer till he reached Lemnos, and came to the forge of
Vulcan(Hephaestus), who, taking pity on him, gave him Kedalion, one of his men
to be his guide to the abode of the sun. Placing Kedalion on his shoulders,
Orion proceeded to the east, and there meeting the sun-god(Helios) was restored
to sight by his beam. After this he dwelt as a hunter with Diana(Artemis), with
whom he was a favorite, and it was even said she was about to marry him. Her
brother was highly displeased and often chid with her, but for no purpose. One
day, observing Orion wading through the sea with his head just above the water,
Apollo pointed it out to his sister and maintained that she could not hit that
black thing on the sea. The archer-goddess discharged a shaft with fatal aim.
The waves rolled the dead body of Orion to the land, and bewailing her fatal
error with many tears, Diana placed him among the stars, where he appears as a
giant, with a girdle, sword, lion's skin, ...

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