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Pindar, however, seems to call Orpheus the son of Apollo in his Pythian Odes, [47] and a scholium on this passage adds that the mythographer Asclepiades of Tragilus considered Orpheus to be the son of Apollo and Calliope. [48] According to Tzetzes, he was from Bisaltia. [49] His birthplace and place of residence was Pimpleia [50] [51] close to ...
Orpheus was the son of Oeagrus and the mortal Calliope. It may be a late addition to the Orpheus myths, as the latter cult-title suggests those attached to Persephone . The subject is among the most frequently retold of all Greek myths, it is in magazines, video games and pop culture references.
Diodorus says that Heracles thought it best to first go to Athens to take part in the Eleusinian Mysteries, "Musaeus, the son of Orpheus, being at that time in charge of the initiatory rites", after which, he entered into the underworld "welcomed like a brother by Persephone", and "receiving the dog Cerberus in chains he carried him away to the ...
The opera is a lampoon of the ancient legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. In this version Orpheus is not the son of Apollo but a rustic violin teacher. He is glad to be rid of his wife, Eurydice, when she is abducted by the god of the underworld, Pluto. Orpheus has to be bullied by Public Opinion into trying to rescue Eurydice.
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.
Cycnus was an inlawful, guest-killing son of Ares who once fought and was killed by Heracles. In some versions, Ares changed Cycnus into a swan so he could escape. Cycnus ("swan") and Thyrie: Apollo Cycnus of Aetolia was a beautiful but conceited son of Apollo, so unbearable that only a man named Phylius, in loved with him, could stand him.
“The Sandman” is developed by Gaiman, showrunner Allan Heinberg and David S. Goyer the DC comics of the same name by Gaiman, Sam Keith and Mike Dringenberg. All episodes of Season 2 will be ...
Orphic mosaics were found in many late-Roman villas. Orphism (more rarely Orphicism; Ancient Greek: Ὀρφικά, romanized: Orphiká) 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.