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Webster 1913 Edition
Orpheus
Or′phe-us
,p
rop.
Noun.
[L.
Orpheus
, Gr. [GREEK].] (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.