Orpheus definition

Orpheus

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WordNet

(1) (Greek mythology) a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed

WiktionaryText

Greek Ὀρφεύς, built from an uncertain root with the -εύς suffix. Perhaps root-cognate to ὀρφανός "orphan".

A Thracian musician and poet, who failed to retrieve his wife Eurydice from Hades.
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