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  Orpheus was the son of Apollo and the Muse Calliope. He was presented by his father with a Lyre and taught to play upon it, which he did to such perfection that nothing could withstand the charm of his music. Not only his fellow-mortals but wild beasts were softened by his strains, and gathering round him laid by their fierceness, and stood entranced with his lay. Nay, the very trees and rocks were sensible to the charm. The former crowded round him and the latter relaxed somewhat of their hardness, softened by his notes.  

The greatest of all musicians was named Orpheus. He sang a wide variety of songs. Sometimes he sang high-pitched songs about the mystical creation of the universe. Other times he played low notes on his lyre as he sang of the battles of Zeus ad the Olympians gods who clashed against the Titans. Orpheus even had songs about people who were changed into flowers or birds.    **He lived his life simply and carelessly until the day he met Eruydice. She was a Dyrad, and when they fell in love it meant everything to them. But the rustic god Aristaeus saw Eurydice's beauty and desired it, and did not care that she was unwilling and in love with another. She ran from him in terror, without thought to her step, and so it was she stepped on a poisonous snake in her flight. The venom of its bite killed her at once and her spirit went to the Underworld. Orpheus was inconsolable. His grief was bitter, but he did not let it lull him into a stupor, he decided to take action. **  Some say that Orpheus was torn in pieces by the maenads, but others say that he committed suicide out of grief for the death of his wife. Still others believe that Orpheus came to his end by being struck by a thunderbolt, hurled at him by god because he revealed sayings in the mysteries to men who had not heard them before. Yet others say that because Orpheus first favoured love for youths, he seemed to insult women, and for this reason the latter killed him.

I believe that Orpheus was a very peaceful King that brought joy to everyone and thing around him, I also believe he was an strong leader who kept everything together. I think Orpheus is a very cool mellow person and if I ever had the chance to hang with him I'd do it in a heartbeat. Orpheus has a business named after him called Orpheus Business Solutions.



This book was very helpful with my research on the great Orpheus