25 Orion
猎户座

Orion was a giant hunter．He was the beautiful son of Poseidon． —
猎户奥里昂是波塞冬的美丽儿子，是一位巨人猎手。 —

One day，when hunting in the forest，he caughtsight of Artemis’ fair maidens，the seven Pleiades ． —
一天，在森林里狩猎时，他看到了阿尔忒弥斯的美丽女仆，即七姐妹昴宿星。 —

Hewas so attracted by their beauty that he started chasing them． —
他被她们的美丽所吸引，开始追逐她们。 —

Indespair the charming maidens prayed to Artemis for help and were sent up by the goddess to the heavens as a constellation ． —
在绝望中，这些美丽女仆向阿尔忒弥斯祈祷帮助，结果被女神送上了天空，成为了星座。 —

Later he fell in love with another maiden，Merope by name，butrash and impatient，he took the maiden by force and enraged her father，King Oenopion of Chios． —
他后来爱上了另一个名叫梅萝佩的少女，但他蛮横、急躁，强行夺走了这位少女，激怒了她的父亲，奇俄斐翁国王。 —

The king made him drunk and put out his eyes ． —
国王将他灌醉，并将他的双眼剜出。 —

Following the sound of the Cyclopes’ hammer，he went to Hephaestus，who sent a guide to travel with him to the east，where the sun rose． —
跟随着太阳神赫淮斯托斯的敲打声，他寻找到了赫淮斯托斯，赫淮斯托斯派遣向导与他一起向东旅行，至太阳升起的方向。 —

Exposing his eyeballs to the rays of the sun，he was restored to his eyesight． —
他让眼球暴露在阳光下，恢复了视力。 —

He became aconstant companion of Artemis and followed the goddess in the chase with his dog Sirius． —
他成为了阿尔忒弥斯的忠实伙伴，跟着女神和他的狗天狼星一起狩猎。 —

Apollo did not approve of this love，however． —
然而，阿波罗并不赞同这段感情。 —

One day he dared his sister to shoot at a dark spot moving in the sea． —
有一天，他向妹妹挑战，让她射击海中移动的一团黑影。 —

Little did she suspect that she was aiming herarrow at Orion，for the dark spot turned out to be the head of Orion swimming in the ocean． —
妹妹没想到她正射向的是奥里昂，因为那团黑影竟是奥里昂在海洋中游泳的头部。 —

Artemis was extremely sad．As she could not pull him back from the grasp of Death she sent him up to the sky as a constellation，with his hunting dog Sirius be sidehim．
阿尔忒弥斯极度悲伤。无法将他从死神手中夺回，于是将他送上星空，成为了猎户座，身旁是他狩猎的猎犬天狼星。