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And Artemis slew Orion in Delos. 1 They say that he was of gigantic stature and born of the earth; but Pherecydes says that he was a son of Poseidon and Euryale. 2 Poseidon bestowed on him the power of striding across the sea. 3 He first married Side, 4 whom Hera cast into Hades because she rivalled herself in beauty. Afterwards he went to Chios and wooed Merope, daughter of Oenopion. But Oenopion made him drunk, put out his eyes as he slept, and cast him on the beach. But he went to the smithy of Hephaestus, and snatching up a lad set him on his shoulders and bade him lead him to the sunrise. Being come thither he was healed by the sun's rays, and having recovered his sight he hastened with all speed against Oenopion.
And Artemis slew Orion in Delos. 1 They say that he was of gigantic stature and born of the earth; but Pherecydes says that he was a son of Poseidon and Euryale. 2 Poseidon bestowed on him the power of striding across the sea. 3 He first married Side, 4 whom Hera cast into Hades because she rivalled herself in beauty. Afterwards he went to Chios and wooed Merope, daughter of Oenopion. But Oenopion made him drunk, put out his eyes as he slept, and cast him on the beach. But he went to the smithy of Hephaestus, and snatching up a lad set him on his shoulders and bade him lead him to the sunrise. Being come thither he was healed by the sun's rays, and having recovered his sight he hastened with all speed against Oenopion.
Library. Apollodorus. ed. Sir James George Frazer. Cambridge, MA. 1921.
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