Orpheus

An Argonaut. Goes to Hades to retrieve his wife, Eurydice.

Genealogy

Calliope

Apollo, Oeagrus

Aesculapius, Anius, Coronus, Dorus, Eleuther, Laodocus, Linus, Linus, Miletus, Mopsus, Polypoetes, Pythaeus, Rhesus, Tenes, Troilus, Zeuxippus

Eurydice

Group

Argonauts

Places
  1. Hades
  2. Iolcus
  3. Pieria
  4. Sea
  5. Unknown
Events
  1. Linus and Orpheus born
  2. Orpheus goes to Hades to get Eurydice
  3. Orpheus torn to bits by the Maenads
  4. Orpheus buried
  5. Crew of the Argo assembles
  6. Argonauts sail past the Sirens
  7. Butes is lured off the Argonauts’ ship by the Sirens
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 3.2
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.16
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.25
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.9
  5. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 14.3
  6. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 30.2
  7. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 13.2
  8. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 14.5
  9. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 20.5
  10. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 26.3
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 20.18
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 17.7
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 27.2
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 30.4
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 30.5
  16. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 30.6
  17. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 30.7
  18. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 30.8
  19. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 30.9
  20. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 30.10
  21. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 30.11
  22. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 30.12
  23. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 7.2
  24. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 30.6
  25. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 30.7
  26. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 30.8
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