The Tale of the Second Orpheus By: Griffin Huizinga and Nolan Coy

 Arion was the son of Poseidon and a naiad  He was favored by Apollo, god of the sun  Apollo taught him to play the lyre  An oracle told Arion that he would not return from any journey he went on. Apollo Poseidon

 Against the orders of the oracle, Arion went to Italy to compete in a music competition.  Arion won every event, and the fans liked him so much they gave him prizes and gifts.  While in Italy, he invented the dithyramb, a song of praise.

 After leaving the festival, Arion boarded a ship to go home.  On the ship, the captain and his crew planned to take arion’s gifts and then kill him  Arion asked to play one last song before he died, so the captain said yes.  He played the dithyramb so beautifully that dolphins and all the creatures of the sea came to hear it.  He then jumped off of the ship, and a dolphin and its group rescued him and returned him to his home.

 Arion returns a day before the ship.  Arion tells his friend, king Periander of Corinth, what happened on the sea.  When the ship arrives, the captain and crew are caught and hanged.  When the dolphin died, Arion gave him a magnificent funeral.  When Arion died, Apollo placed him in the stars along with his dolphin friend.