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Orion

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Canonical name
Orion
Disambiguator
None
Kind
Character
Scope
Individual
Editorial note
This remembered named figure is kept distinct from the constellation called Orion later in the current source; the passage does not explicitly classify him as divine.

Aliases

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No aliases recorded.

Location presence

Phase 6 currently covers 24 processed books.

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Ortygia1 observation
·Reported

Calypso reported that Orion was killed in Ortygia.

See evidence text
“Calypso trembled with rage when she heard this, ‘You gods,’ she exclaimed, ‘ought to be ashamed of yourselves. You are always jealous and hate seeing a goddess take a fancy to a mortal man, and live with him in open matrimony. So when rosy-fingered Dawn made love to Orion, you precious gods were all of you furious till Diana went and killed him in Ortygia. So again when Ceres fell in love with Ia sion, and yielded to him in a thrice-ploughed fallow field, Jove came to hear of it before so very long and killed Iasion with his thunderbolts. And now you are angry with me too because I have a man here. I found the poor creature sitting all alone astride of a keel, for Jove had struck his ship with lightning and sunk it in mid ocean, so that all his crew were drowned, while he himself was driven by wind and waves on to my island. I got fond of him and cherished him, and had set my heart on making him immortal, so that he should never grow old all his days; still I cannot cross Jove, nor bring his counsels to nothing; therefore, if he insists upon it, let the man go beyond the seas again; but I cannot send him anywhere myself for I have neither ships nor men who can take him. Nevertheless I will readily give him such advice, in all good faith, as will be likely to bring him safely to his own country.’”
asphodel meadow where Orion drove beast ghosts1 observation
·Remembered

Orion drove beast ghosts through his asphodel meadow.

See evidence text
“‘After him I saw huge Orion in a meadow full of asphodel driving the ghosts of the wild beasts that he had killed upon the mountains, and he had a great bronze club in his hand, unbreakable for ever and ever. ”
mountains where Orion killed wild beasts1 observation
·Remembered

Orion had killed wild beasts upon the mountains.

See evidence text
“‘After him I saw huge Orion in a meadow full of asphodel driving the ghosts of the wild beasts that he had killed upon the mountains, and he had a great bronze club in his hand, unbreakable for ever and ever. ”

Claims

2
·Remembered

Orion was loved by Dawn and killed by Diana in Ortygia.

See evidence text
“Dawn made love to Orion, you precious gods were all of you furious till Diana went and killed him”
·Remembered

Huge Orion drives the ghosts of beasts he killed in the mountains and carries an eternally unbreakable bronze club.

See evidence text
“huge Orion in a meadow full of asphodel driving the ghosts of the wild beasts that he had killed upon the mountains, and he had a great bronze club in his hand, unbreakable for ever and ever”

Additional evidence

Evidence records not already represented by a claim.

2
·Remembered
“when rosy-fingered Dawn made love to Orion”
·Remembered
“huge Orion”

Passage preview

Book 5 · Passage 10

Calypso trembled with rage when she heard this, ‘You gods,’ she exclaimed, ‘ought to be ashamed of yourselves. You are always jealous and hate seeing a goddess take a fancy to a mortal man, and live with him in open matrimony. So when rosy-fingered Dawn made love to Orion, you precious gods were all of you furious till Diana went and killed him in Ortygia. So again when Ceres fell in love with Ia sion, and yielded to him in a thrice-ploughed fallow field, Jove came to hear of it before so very long and killed Iasion with his thunderbolts. And now you are angry with me too because I have a man here. I found the poor creature sitting all alone astride of a keel, for Jove had struck his ship with lightning and sunk it in mid ocean, so that all his crew were drowned, while he himself was driven by wind and waves on to my island. I got fond of him and cherished him, and had set my heart on making him immortal, so that he should never grow old all his days; still I cannot cross Jove, nor bring his counsels to nothing; therefore, if he insists upon it, let the man go beyond the seas again; but I cannot send him anywhere myself for I have neither ships nor men who can take him. Nevertheless I will readily give him such advice, in all good faith, as will be likely to bring him safely to his own country.’