Orion
Orion
Orion was a giant hunter in Greek mythology. Some stories say he was the son of Zeus*, Poseidon*, or Hermes*. Others claim that he was born from a bull's hide that was buried after the king of Boeotia urinated on it.
Orion went to the island of Chios, where King Oenopion asked him to drive all the wild beasts from the land. In return, Oenopion promised Orion his daughter Merope in marriage. However, the king later refused to honor the agreement. Orion got drunk and raped Merope, and Oenopion blinded him. After recovering his vision, Orion went to Crete to live and hunt with the goddess Artemis*.
There are several accounts of his death. One story says that Eos, the goddess of the dawn, fell in love with Orion and that Artemis killed him out of jealousy. According to another version, Orion and Artemis were considering marriage, but she was tricked into killing him by her brother Apollo*. In still another myth, Orion pursued seven sisters known as the Pleiades. To save them from Orion's attentions, Zeus turned them into stars. Orion, too, became a constellation, which appears to chase the Pleiades through the heavens.
See also Pleiades.
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Puls, Mark: Henry Knox: Visionary General of the American Revolution.(Book review)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; Puls, Mark Henry Knox: Visionary General of the American Revolution...seems to have been created to describe Henry Knox, the general who enabled George Washington...For general readers who want to give Henry Knox his due, this highly readable biography...
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Magazine article, exhibit honor Gen. Henry Knox
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 11/19/2007; ; 700+ words
; At 25, Henry Knox didn't let his limited military experience...Hand of History: The Legacy of General Henry Knox," in the November- December issue of...Early American History at the General Henry Knox Museum in Thomaston. Also commemorating...
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Course to be offered on Gen. Henry Knox
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 3/10/2004; 322 words
; THOMASTON - Coastal Senior College and the General Henry Knox Museum will offer an eight-week course on the life and times of Gen. Henry Knox, who served in President George Washington's Cabinet...
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Henry Knox; a soldier of the revolution, major-general in the Continental Army, Washington's chief of artillery, first secretary of war under the constitution, founder of...; 1750-1806. (reprint, 1900).(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2006; 545 words
; 0945726767 Henry Knox; a soldier of the revolution, major...printed in 1900, Brooks draws from the Knox manuscripts, a collection of letters and...of which are excerpted here, to detail Knox's life and service to the army. Brooks...
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Henry Knox museum to open for season
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 5/16/2009; 330 words
; THOMASTON - Montpelier, The General Henry Knox Museum, will open for the season Saturday, May 23...mansion is a replica of the original home of Maj. Gen. Henry Knox, a Revolutionary War hero and the country's first...
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Henry Knox museum plans open house
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 11/29/2008; 382 words
; THOMASTON - The General Henry Knox Museum, Montpelier will open its doors for the annual...groups performing seasonal and period music. The General Henry Knox Museum is located at the junction of Route 1 and Route...
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Henry Knox Museum to hold harvest event
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 10/8/2009; 296 words
; THOMASTON - The General Henry Knox Museum will hold its annual Harvest Weekend from Saturday...in a mansion that is a replica of the original home of Henry Knox, a Revolutionary War-era hero and secretary of war...
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Harvest Weekend at Henry Knox house
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 10/7/2009; 296 words
; THOMASTON - The General Henry Knox Museum will hold its annual Harvest Weekend from Saturday...in a mansion that is a replica of the original home of Henry Knox, a Revolutionary-era hero and secretary of war in...
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Henry Knox Museum annual tours on tap
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 9/22/2007; 284 words
; THOMASTON - Montpelier, the General Henry Knox Museum on Route 1, will be open for its annual Harvest Weekend with tours every hour beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct...
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OTTN Publishing.(Daniel Morgan: Fighting Frontiersman)(Francis Marion: Swamp Fox of South Carolina)(Henry Knox: Washington's Artilleryman)(John Stark: Live Free or Die)(Nathanael Greene: The General Who Saved the Revolution)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Children's Bookwatch; 12/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...successful strategy against a superior British force, resulting in the critically important American victory at Yorktown. "Henry Knox: Washington's Artilleryman" (1595560130, $23.95) details the extraordinary task of moving cannons from Fort...
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Henry Knox
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Henry Knox Henry Knox (1750-1806) was a Revolutionary War general, famed as the father of American army artillery. Henry Knox was born in Boston, Mass., on July 25, 1750. He had to leave school at an early age to support his mother...
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Knox, Henry
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Knox, Henry (1750–1806), Revolutionary...year‐old Boston bookseller, Knox became a colonel and head of the Continental...Battle of .] Bibliography North Callahan , Henry Knox: General Washington's General , 1958...
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Thatcher, Henry Knox
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Thatcher, Henry Knox (1806–1880) U.S. naval officer. Born in Maine, Henry Knox Thatcher entered West Point in 1822. He soon left, however, and...
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Fort Knox
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Fort Knox [for Henry Knox ], U.S. military reservation, 110,000 acres (44,515 hectares), Hardin and Meade counties, N Ky.; est. 1917 as a training camp in World War I. It became a permanent post in 1932. In the steel and concrete...
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Knox, Fort
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
KNOX, FORT KNOX, FORT. In 1918 an army camp named Camp Knox, for General Henry T. Knox, was established in Kentucky, thirty-one miles southwest of Louisville. Made permanent in 1932 as Fort Knox, the post became the main repository of...
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