Orpheus
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- proper noun
- /ˈɔrfiəs/
- Literature
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Orfeo
- In the center stands Orpheus playing on his harp....
- Orpheus and Eurydice
- Orpheus myth
- Descent of Orpheus
And in the mythic story, Orpheus says I got to get her back.
- And in the mythic story, Orpheus says I got to get her back.
- Hermes, the narrator, says that Orpheus was a poor boy, but he had a gift to give.
- So Hades comes and claims her soul and Orpheus is like, hey man, like that's my bride, Can you not?
- And in Ovid's metamorphosis, there is a right before Orpheus gets killed, he gets torn apart by the main ads sent by Dionysus.
Examples
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The rocks, the woods that the trees danced in response to Orpheus's music.
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And in the mythic story, Orpheus says I got to get her back.
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I heard Orpheus sing; I was not quite as moved as they say.
Academic text (2002) -
And so began the legend of young Orpheus, the Thracian Prince.
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Hermes, the narrator, says that Orpheus was a poor boy, but he had a gift to give.
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Orpheus travels to Hades to get back his dead wife.
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Just as Orpheus sings the loss of Eurydice, so Leiris writes the loss of voice.
Academic text (2005) -
On either side, reliefs represent the Garden of the Hesperides and Orpheus lamenting the loss of Eurydice.
Academic text (1992) -
I'm trying to accurately describe... Orpheus on the Orpheum Circuit bathed in tango light, the kind of light that makes the dead... get out of their graves and tango.
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In Greek mythology, Orpheus is known for his beautiful music that could charm all living things.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Orpheus probably comes from an old Greek word orphné meaning 'darkness', which you can think of like the English word 'dark'. That's a handy memory because Orpheus goes into the 'underworld' to rescue Eurydice, so his name fits the story.