Orpheus

Orpheus in Wikipedia

Orpheus (Greek: Ὀρφεύς; in English pronounced /ˈɔrfi.əs/ or / ˈɔrfjuːs/) is an important figure from Greek mythology,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] the inspiration for subsequent Orphic cults, much of the literature, poetry and drama of ancient Greece and Rome and, due to his association with singing and the lyre, much dramatic Western classical mus...

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Orpheus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Ὀρφεύς) The history of the extant productions of Greek literature begins with the Homeric poems. But it is evident that works so perfect in their kind are the end, and not the beginning, of a course of poetical development. This assumption is confirmed by innumerable traditions, which record the names of poets before the time of Homer, who e...

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