ORPHEUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(Greek mythology) a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Derivation:

Orphic (ascribed to Orpheus or characteristic of ideas in works ascribed to Orpheus)

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