Poseidon's Explorion: The Island Of Chios

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Orion was an amazing hunter. He was a giant, one of Poseidon’s sons. Unlike Otus and Ephialtes, he was modest and humble. Although almost no animal or creature could escape his mighty club and bejeweled sword, he never forgot to praise Artemis, goddess of the hunt, as the greatest hunter of all.

One day, Orion came to the island of Chios, for he could walk on water as though it was land. The island of Chios was full of chaos, infested with wolves, boars, and lions with howls so loud that at night the king of Chios could never fall asleep. The king promised Orion the hand of his daughter in marriage if he could hunt all the animals making the terrible noises.

Orion accepted, and soon no wild beasts were left. The king disagreed, and said that he could still hear some distant howls because his daughter was his most treasured possession. Orion, of course, became angry
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He followed their sound until he came to Hephaestus's forge, where Hephaestus took pity on Orion and let a Cyclops boy come with him to show him the way to the sun.

The Cyclops led Orion across the water to the rising sun, where his eyesight was restored by the magical healing rays. Immediately, Orion rushed to the island of Chios to take revenge on the evil king. When he reached his destination, the castle was empty. The king had seen Orion’s giant shape across the sky and fled with his family.

Orion gave up on finding the king, so he went back to hunting. After passing many islands, he came to the island of Crete. There he met Artemis, goddess of the hunt. She was happy to see him, because Orion’s skill matched hers, but he was modest about it. Together, they hunted plenty of creatures and were very happy together.

Apollo grew jealous, because before Orion, he had been the only man that Artemis had favored. One day, when Artemis was away, Apollo summoned a giant poisonous scorpion to the

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