Orpheus
WordNet

noun


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


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

Proper noun


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