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4 wrz 2024 · Traditionally, Orpheus was the son of a Muse (probably Calliope, the patron of epic poetry) and Oeagrus, a king of Thrace (other versions give Apollo). According to some legends , Apollo gave Orpheus his first lyre .
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Now Calliope bore to Oeagrus or, nominally, to Apollo, a son Linus, 7 whom Hercules slew; and another son, Orpheus, 8 who practised minstrelsy and by his songs moved stones and trees. And when his wife Eurydice died, bitten by a snake, he went down to Hades, being fain to bring her up, 9 and he persuaded Pluto to send her up.
Apollo, as the god of music, gave Orpheus a golden lyre and taught him to play it. [55] Orpheus's mother taught him to make verses for singing. He is also said to have studied in Egypt.
19 mar 2020 · Orpheus had an excellent musical pedigree as his mother was the Muse Calliope and he learnt his great skills from his father the god Apollo, the finest musician of them all. Orpheus' mortal father was generally considered to be King Oeagrus (or Oiagros) of Thrace, where the Greeks believed the lyre also came from.
3 mar 1997 · In a later age, the conflict was no longer viewed as between the gods and man, but between the worshippers of different divinities; and especially between Apollo, the symbol of pure intellect, and Dionysus, the deity of the senses: hence Orpheus, the servant of Apollo, falls a victim to the jealousy of Dionysus, and the fury of his worshippers.
30 cze 2023 · Orpheus was usually said to have been the son of the Muse Calliope and a mortal man named Oeagrus. But some sources made Orpheus’ father the god Apollo, while others made his mother the Muse Polymnia, the Naiad Menippe, or one of the nine daughters of Pierus.
Egyptian tapestry roundel with Orpheus and Apollo, 5th–6th century CE. The ancient legend of Orpheus and Eurydice (Greek: Ὀρφεύς, Εὐρυδίκη, Orpheus, Eurydikē) concerns the fateful love of Orpheus of Thrace for the beautiful Eurydice. Orpheus was the son of Oeagrus and the muse Calliope.
