Orpheus   - in ancient sources @ attalus.org


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  Orpheus   - son of Oeagrus; an ancient Thracian musician
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AnthPal_7.9   { H 2 } & On the poet Orpheus, son of Oeagrus and Calli
AnthPal_7.10   hed a thousand tears for Orpheus dead, the son of Calliope
AntipSid_7.8   G-P 10 } & On the poet Orpheus, son of Oeagrus and Calli
AntipThes_9.517   17] & { G-P 4 } & Orpheus charmed beasts and you charm
Apul:Flor_17           " Orpheus to woods, to fish Arion
Athen_13.597   she whom the dear son of Oeagrus, [Orpheus] armed only wit
Athen_14.632   the wisest of the gods, and Orpheus of the demigods.
Athen_14.637   medes tells us in his essay on Orpheus. Now Ephorus, and
Cic:Tusc_1.98   the value of conversing with Orpheus, and Musaeus, and Homer, and
Crinag_9.562   ire & to the god. Orpheus made the beasts obey him in the
Diod_37.30   nimals may have followed Orpheus with his songs, but you
Just_11.7   aving been instructed by Orpheus in sacred rites, filled
Nicarch_7.159   your due." [7.159] & Orpheus won the highest prize amo
Plin:HN_4.41   the ancestry of the poet Orpheus.
Plin:HN_7.203   whom Caria got its name; Orpheus added auspices derived from the
Plin:HN_7.204   Phrygian, Amphion, or others say Orpheus and others Linus, the harp.
PsCallisth_1.42   temple and a statue of Orpheus and standing near him the
Timoth:Pers_202   the beginning did Orpheus son of Calliope beget the motle

  Orpheus 2   of Croton - a scholar in the time of Peisistratus, 6th century B.C.
Tzetz:ProlCom_ to just four scholars: Orpheus of Croton, Zopyrus of Her


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