Orpheus (redirected from Orpheus (mythology))

Or·phe·us  (ôrf-s, -fys)

n. Greek Mythology

A legendary Thracian poet and musician whose music had the power to move even inanimate objects and who almost succeeded in rescuing his wife Eurydice from Hades.

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Or·phean (ôr-fn, ôrf-n) adj.

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Orpheus [ˈɔːfɪəs -fjuːs]

n

(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a poet and lyre-player credited with the authorship of the poems forming the basis of Orphism. He married Eurydice and sought her in Hades after her death. He failed to win her back and was killed by a band of bacchantes

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Noun

1.

Orpheus - (Greek mythology) a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks

Translations

Orpheus [ˈɔːfɪuːs] N → Orfeo

Orpheus

n (Myth) → Orpheus m

Orpheus [ˈɔːfɪəs] n → Orfeo