Definition for Orpheus

Orpheus, proper n. [trad. < Gk orphnē, darkness, night.]

Bard; mythical musician; legendary Greek poet who was able to charm gods, humans, beasts, and inanimate objects with his song; husband who searched for his wife Eurydice in Elysium after her death; (see ED's letters).

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