Arion in the monument of the dolphin the next morning, attired as he was when he threw himself into the sea. When the tyrant had brought them there, and ordered them to swear by the departed spirit of the dolphin that Arion was dead, Arion came out of the monument. In amazement, wondering by what divinity he had been saved, they were silent. The tyrant ordered them to be crucified at the monument of the dolphin. Apollo, because of Arion's skill with the kithara, placed him and the dolphin among the stars. This dolphin was catasterised as the constellation Delphinus, by
Arion Gesangverein has continued to perform at the Gettysburg Cemetery's anniversaries, most recently in 1988. In 1950, the organization won the Zelter-Plakette award, given out by the Deutscher Saengerbund. Arion Gesangverein Arion Gesangverein is a German American musical organization. It was founded in 1850. It was one of a number of important cultural organizations created beginning in the late 1840s, which helped German culture survive and disseminate after a wave of immigration to the United States. It claims to be "one of the oldest singing societies in the United States". It was named after the Greek poet-musician Arion. Arion performs regularly in