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orpheus |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Orpheus \Or"phe*us\, n. [L. Orpheus, Gr ?.] (Gr. Myth.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Orpheus n : (Greek mythology) a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed [syn: {Orpheus}]
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