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In ancient Greek religion, The Gaze of Orpheus is derived from the antiquarian Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.In the story of Orpheus, the poet descends to the underworld to retrieve his wife, Eurydice from premature death, only on Hades’ and Persephone's condition that he does not look at her during the process.
Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). "Orpheus" West, Martin L., The Orphic Poems, 1983. There is a sub-thesis in this work that early Greek religion was heavily influenced by Central Asian shamanistic practices. One major point of contact was the ancient Crimean city of Olbia.
Orphic mosaics were found in many late-Roman villas. Orphism is the name given to a set of religious beliefs and practices [1] originating in the ancient Greek and Hellenistic world, [2] associated with literature ascribed to the mythical poet Orpheus, who descended into the Greek underworld and returned.
Due to her vanity, Lethaea was turned into stone at Ida by the gods. Her lover Olenus wished to share in the blame, and so shared her fate. The story is used as a metaphor for how stunned Orpheus was after a failed attempt to bring back his wife from the underworld.
Greek mythology has had an extensive influence on the culture, arts, and literature of Western civilization and remains part of Western heritage and language. Poets and artists from ancient times to the present have derived inspiration from Greek mythology and have discovered contemporary significance and relevance in the themes. [4]: 43
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]
In some versions of Greek mythology, Ophion (/ oʊ ˈ f aɪ ə n /; Ancient Greek: Ὀφίων "serpent"; gen.: Ὀφίωνος), also called Ophioneus (Ὀφιονεύς) ruled the world with Eurynome before the two of them were cast down by Cronus and Rhea.
Orfey, Орфей, is the Bulgarian spelling of Orpheus, a legendary figure in Greek and Thracian mythology, chief among poets and musicians. Orfey may refer to: Orfey class destroyer