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Pindar, however, seems to call Orpheus the son of Apollo in his Pythian Odes, [49] and a scholium on this passage adds that the mythographer Asclepiades of Tragilus considered Orpheus to be the son of Apollo and Calliope. [50] According to Tzetzes, he was from Bisaltia. [51] His birthplace and place of residence was Pimpleia [52] [53] close to ...
Egyptian tapestry roundel with Orpheus and Apollo, 5th–6th century CE. In Greek mythology, the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice (Greek: Ὀρφεύς, Εὐρυδίκη, romanized: Orpheus, Eurydikē) concerns the fateful love of Orpheus of Thrace for the beautiful Eurydice. Orpheus was the son of Oeagrus and the muse Calliope.
Either he or his brother Orpheus was regarded as the inventor of the harp; otherwise Linus was credited to be the first to use the harp accompanied with singing. [18] From his father Apollo, he received the three-stringed lute. Later writers wrote verses in his name, some lines of which have survived. [19]
Orion: son of Poseidon (the sea god) and Euryale, a Cretan princess. Along with Hippolytus, he is one of the only male hunters who followed Artemis. Orpheus: son of Calliope and the god Apollo. Pasiphae: daughter of Helios. She was a powerful sorceress who married King Minos of Crete. Due to a curse from Aphrodite, she fell in love with the ...
However, Orpheus was more closely associated with Apollo than to Dionysus in the earliest sources and iconography. According to some versions of his mythos, he was the son of Apollo, and during his last days, he shunned the worship of other gods and devoted himself to Apollo alone. [8]
Oeagrus and the Muse Calliope [6] [7] or Clio [citation needed] or Polymnia [8] were the parents of Orpheus [9] [10] [11] and Linus. [12] He married Calliope close to Pimpleia, Olympus. [13] [14] The sisters of Orpheus are called Oeagrides, in the sense of the Muses. [15] The father of Orpheus was sometimes given as Apollo. [16]
Calliope had two famous sons, Orpheus [2] and Linus, [3] by either Apollo or King Oeagrus of Thrace. She taught Orpheus verses for singing. [2] According to Hesiod, she was also the wisest of the Muses, as well as the most assertive. Calliope married Oeagrus in Pimpleia, a town near Mount Olympus. [4]
Articles relating to Orpheus, a Thracian bard, legendary musician and prophet in ancient Greek religion.He was also a renowned poet and, according to the legend, travelled with Jason and the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece, and even descended into the underworld of Hades, to recover his lost wife Eurydice.