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| − | Singer and lyre player from Thrace in Greek legend and myth. His mother was | + | Singer and lyre player from Thrace in Greek legend and myth. His mother was Calliope, the Muse of epic poetry. |
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| − | *[http://ovid.lib.virginia.edu/trans/Metamorph10.htm Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'', book 10] | + | *[http://ovid.lib.virginia.edu/trans/Metamorph10.htm Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'', book 10, translated Anthony S. Kline, 2000] |
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Latest revision as of 07:43, 6 October 2017
Singer and lyre player from Thrace in Greek legend and myth. His mother was Calliope, the Muse of epic poetry.
...with his songs, Orpheus, the bard of Thrace, allured the trees, the savage animals, and even the insensate rocks, to follow him...
