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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