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| IPTC INFO | | Caption | Orpheus son of the Muse Calliope and a Thracian king named Oeagrus. Orpheus was given the gift of music by his mother and that gift was nurtured in the land of Thrace where he grew up. The Thracians were the most musically inclined peoples of Greece. The great Apollo presented him with a lyre and the Muses taught him to use it so that Orpheus was unparalleled in skill when it came to mere mortals his only rivals were the gods. His music was enchanting; no one and nothing could resist him. He had the ability to control both animate and inanimate objects subduing wild beasts and making the trees and rocks move from their places in their eagerness to follow the sound of his music. Little is known about Orpheus prior to his marriage but it is known that after a visit to Egypt he sailed with the Greek hero Jason on the ship called the Argo. He was quite useful on this Quest for the Golden Fleece because when the heroes were weak and weary or the rowing was immensely difficult he would play his lyre to arouse the freshness in the heroes and thus allow them to continue the voyage. Orpheus also saved the Argonauts from the Sirens playing his lyre so exquisitely as to hypnotize the feared monsters and drive out all thoughts save the longing to hear more of his sweet music. The Argonauts than sailed off and set their course avoiding certain death thanks to the sweet song of Orpheus. | | Headline | Son of Calliope & Thracian Bulgarian King Oeagrus | | Copyright Notice | Ovid | | User | Guest |
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