 In Dionysus ( 1976 ) , Kerényi portrays Orion as a shamanic hunting hero , surviving from Minoan times ( hence his association with Crete ) . Kerényi derives Hyrieus ( and Hyria ) from the Cretan dialect word <unk> - <unk> , meaning " beehive " , which survives only in ancient dictionaries . From this association he turns Orion into a representative of the old mead @-@ drinking cultures , overcome by the wine masters Oenopion and Oeneus . ( The Greek for " wine " is <unk> . ) Fontenrose cites a source stating that Oenopion taught the Chians how to make wine before anybody else knew how . 
