Orion
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Orion. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
1000 Classical Characters (1900)
Son of Hyrieus, of Hyria in Boeotia , handsome giant and hunter. Having come to Chios, he fell in love with Merope, the daughter of Oenopion; his treatment of the maiden so exasperated her father, that, with the assistance of Dionysus ( Bacchus ) he deprived the giant of his sight. Being informed by an oracle that he should recover his sight if he exposed his eyeballs to the rays of the rising sun, Orion found his way to the island of Lemnos, where Hephaestus (Vulcan) gave him Cedalion as his guide, who led him to the East. After the recovery of his sight he lived as a hunter with Artemis ( Diana ). The cause of his death is disputed. According to some he was beloved by Artemis; and Apollo , indignant at his sister's affection for him, asserted that she was unable to hit with her arrow a distant point which he showed her in the sea. She thereupon took aim, the arrow hit its mark, but the mark was the head of Orion, who was swimming in the sea. After his death Orion was placed among the stars, where he appears as a giant with a girdle, sword, a lion's skin, and a club. The constellation of Orion set at the commencement of November, at which time storms and rain were frequent; hence he is often called imbrifer, nimbosus, or aquosus.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
o-ri'on, in mythology, the son of Neptune. He was of great stature and followed the hunt. His adventures were numerous. The most important, however, as well as the last, was that with Diana with whom he engaged in the chase. Despite her vows of perpetual virginity, Apollo became alarmed lest his sister should marry her gigantic companion. Observing him one day wading in the sea with his head just visible, Apollo chaffed Diana, wagering that she could not hit that black object yonder on the water. In ignorance of what she was doing the archer goddess took fatal aim and killed him. When the waves rolled her dead lover to her feet she was distracted with grief and placed him in the heavens, where he still pursues the Pleiades and is followed by his faithful dog, Sirius. The constellation of Orion is the most brilliant in the heavens. Four of the brightest stars form a quadrangle; three others, near the center, are known as Orion's Belt. See Pleiades ; Diana Many a night from yonder ivied casement, ere I went to rest, Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the West -Tennyson, Locksley Hall.