| NOUN | person | Orpheus | (Greek mythology) a great musician |
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| Sounds | ao'rfiyahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1131 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 |
| Adjectives | Orphic | ascribed to Orpheus or characteristic of ideas in works ascribed to Orpheus |