 Orion is used by Horace , who tells of his death at the hands of Diana / Artemis , and by Ovid , in his Fasti for May 11 , the middle day of the Lemuria , when ( in Ovid 's time ) the constellation Orion set with the sun . Ovid 's episode tells the story of Hyrieus and the three gods , although Ovid is bashful about the climax ; Ovid makes Hyrieus a poor man , which means the sacrifice of an entire ox is more generous . There is also a single mention of Orion in his Art of Love , as a sufferer from unrequited love : " Pale Orion wandered in the forest for Side . " 
