Oinopion - Oinopion

…Son of the sea god Poseidon. He proposed to Merope, daughter of Oinopiōn (meaning drunken face), king of Chios, but the king hated his violent behavior and while the giant was drunk and asleep, blinded him and abandoned him on the beach. However, Orion received an oracle that told him to expose his eyes to the sunlight at the point where the sun rises, and since he had been given the power to walk on the water, he crossed the sea to the island of Lemnos, where he asked Kedaliōn, a craftsman of the god Hephaestus, to guide him, and he was led to the East and restored his sight. …

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…海神ポセイドンの子。キオス島の王オイノピオンOinopiōn(酒顔の意)の娘メロペMeropēに求婚したが，その粗暴なふるまいを憎んだ王は，巨人が酒に酔って眠りこけているあいだにその両眼をつぶし，彼を浜辺にうち棄てた。しかし太陽の昇る地点で目を陽光にさらすべしとの神託をうけたオリオンは，父神から水上を闊歩（かつぽ）する力を授かっていたので海を渡ってレムノス島へ行き，そこで鍛冶の神ヘファイストスの工人ケダリオンKēdaliōnを道案内に請い受け，彼に東方へ導かれて視力を回復した。…

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