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Orpheus
Or·phe·us [ áwrfee əss, áwrfyooss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
figure in Greek mythology: in Greek mythology, a poet and musician, who descended to the underworld to seek his wife, Eurydice, after her death, but failed to bring her back

Or·phe·an [ áwrfee ən ] adjective
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