Associations to the word «Orpheus»

Wiktionary

ORPHEUS, proper noun. (Greek mythology) A Thracian musician and poet, who failed to retrieve his wife Eurydice from Hades.
ORPHEUS, proper noun. (rare) A male given name.

Dictionary definition

ORPHEUS, noun. (Greek mythology) a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed.

Wise words

Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.
Victor Hugo