A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The myth of Orpheus is an attempt to bring the dead to the living world. Death and its inevitable coming have always caused fear, but through the ages, people have successfully managed to reduce this negative feeling.
Orpheus and Eurydice returning from the Underworld. Credits: Camille Corot, 1861
Orpheus was a son of the Thracian river god Oiagros and the Muse Calliope. He was born in a cave near Mount Olympus. He was a legendary Thracian musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth. He sang and played on the lyre so beautifully that everything that lived was gathered around him to listen to his songs and playing.
Mentioned in many Greek stories, he is particularly well-remembered as the harpist and companion of Jason and the Argonauts, who went on an expedition to find the Golden Fleece.
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