NOUN | person | Orpheus | (Greek mythology) a great musician |
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Sounds | ao'rfiyahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | (Greek mythology) a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed. | |
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Category | Greek mythology | The mythology of the ancient Greeks |
Instance of | mythical being | An imaginary being of myth or fable |
Spanish | Orfeo | |
Catalan | Orpheus | |
Adjectives | Orphic | ascribed to Orpheus or characteristic of ideas in works ascribed to Orpheus |
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