ORPHEUS
\ˈɔːfɪəs], \ˈɔːfɪəs], \ˈɔː_f_ɪ__ə_s]\
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(Greek mythology) a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed
By Princeton University
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(Greek mythology) a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope, and husband of Eurydice. He is reputed to have had power to entrance beasts and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre.
By Oddity Software
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The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope, and husband of Eurydice. He is reputed to have had power to entrance beasts and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre.
By Noah Webster.
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[Gr.] (Myth. ) A son of the river Oeagrus and the Muse Calliope, whose name has become a proverbial expression for the power of music. Men, beasts, trees, stones, and rocks all moved to the sound of his harping ; and at his bidding, the ship Argo descended gently into the water, when the Argonauts were unable of themselves to stir it. The three headed dog Cerberus, which guarded the gates of Hades, could not resist the spell ; and Hades himself, under the same influence, allowed him to lead away his wife Eurydice, who had died from a snake-bite, and who all but returned to dwell with him in the upper world. Orpheus reappears in The Piper of Hameln (Browning), and both are the singing winds.
By Henry Percy Smith
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