=Ori´on=, a giant of great beauty, and a famous hunter, who cleared the island of Chios of wild beasts. While in the island, Orion fell in love with Merŏpê, daughter of king Œnop´ion; but one day, in a drunken fit, having offered her violence, the king put out the giant’s eyes, and drove him from the island. Orion was told if he would travel eastward, and expose his sockets to the rising sun, he would recover his sight. Guided by the sound of a Cyclop’s hammer, he reached Lemnos, where Vulcan gave him a guide to the abode of the sun. In due time, his sight returned to him, and at death he was made a constellation. The lion’s skin was an emblem of the wild beasts which he slew in Chios, and the club was the instrument he employed for the purpose. He [_Orion_] Reeled as of yore beside the sea, When, blinded by Œnopion, He sought the blacksmith at his forge, And, climbing up the mountain gorge, Fixed his blank eyes upon the sun. Longfellow, _The Occultation of Orion_. _Orion and the Blacksmith._ The reference is to the blacksmith mentioned in the preceding article, whom Orion took on his back to act as guide to the place where the rising sun might be best seen. _Orion’s Dogs_ were Arctophŏnus (“the bear-killer”) and Ptoophăgos (“the glutton of Ptoon,” in Bœōtia). _Orion’s Wife_, Sidê. _Orion._ After Orion has set in the west, _Aurīga_ (the Charioteer) and _Gem´ini_ (Castor and Pollux) are still visible. Hence Tennyson says: ... the Charioteer And starry Gemini hang like glorious crowns Over Orion’s grave low down in the west. _Maud_, III. vi. 1 (1855). _Orion_, a seraph, the guardian angel of Simon Peter.--Klopstock, _The Messiah_, iii. (1748). =Orith´yia= or =Orith´ya=, daughter of Erectheus, carried off by Boreas to Thrace. Such, dalliance as alone the North wind hath with her, Orithya not enjoyed, from Thrace when he her took, And in his saily plumes the trembling virgin shook. Drayton, _Polyolbion_, x. (1612). Phineas Fletcher calls the word “Orithy´a.” None knew mild zephyr’s from cold Eurus’ mouth, Nor Orithya’s lover’s violence [_North wind_]. _Purple Island_, i. (1633). =Orlando=, the younger son of Sir Rowland de Bois [_Bwor_]. At the death of his father, he was left under the care of his elder brother, Oliver, who was charged to treat him well; but Oliver hated him, wholly neglected his education, and even tried by many indirect means to kill him. At length, Orlando fled to the forest of Arden´, where he met Rosalind and Celia in disguise. They had met before at a wrestling match, when Orlando and Rosalind fell in love with each other. The acquaintance was renewed in the forest, and ere many days had passed the two ladies resumed their proper characters, and both were married, Rosalind to Orlando, and Celia to Oliver, the elder brother.--Shakespeare, _As You Like It_ (1598).