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Orpheus was born in Pieria at a village callled Pimpleia, near Olympus. He was called the farther of songs by Pinder. Orpheus's name does not occur In Homer or Hesiod, but he was known by the time of Ibycus. The muse named [|Calliope] is known as Orpheus Mother. Poets like Simonides of Ceos said that, with his music and song, he could charm birds, fish and wild beast. [|Apollo] became found of Orpheus and gave him an golden lyre. Orpheus was kind of a mild muscled kind of guy, with brown hair. Oprheus was known as the king of the Ciconians. He also was married to a nymph named [|Eurydice].

Eurydice and Orpheus's love was cut short when the son of Apollo chased her into a pit of poisonous snakes that bit her and she died. Oprheus was crushed at the fact that his true loved was gone. To try to ger her back Orpheus found a cave to [|Hades] and followed Eurydice to the dreadful Underworld.

His musical charms were so persuasive that the King of the Dead allowed the minstrel to take Eurydice home. With one condition. On the way up from Hades he could not turn around and look at Eurydice until they were at the top, He looked back at Eurydice and she dissapeared forever. Orpheus promised that he would never love anyone else other than Eurydice.

Unfortunatley the vow not to love anyone else lead to his downfall. Women named Thrace tore him limb fromm limb in jealousy. They threw his head in the river, and it kept singing until it reached the sea. A group that was named after Orpheus is actually an orchestra, called [|Orpheus Chamber Orchestra]. A record label called Orpheus records is also a business named after the great musician.

My opinion of Orpheus is that I'm really glad i picked him. I love music and obviously so does he. I really do respect him, he was willing to fight for his one true love, and I respect that. I would enjoy being friends with Orpheus, he seems like a cool person, and he's very interested in music and so am I.

I don't despise or dislike like anything about Orpheus,and were kind of similar in a way. In conclusion i really think that the god Orpheus was a great god and was really in to music and enjoyed playing it. He loved Eurydice, and was very comitted to her. I think Orpheus was truly a great god and the perfect god for me to write about.