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Mythical Greek poet and musician. The son of
Apollo and a muse, he married Eurydice, who
died from the bite of a snake. Orpheus went
down to Hades to bring her back and her
return to life was granted on condition that
he walked ahead of her without looking back.
He broke this condition, and Eurydice was
irretrievably lost. In his grief, he despised
the Maenad women of Thrace, and was torn in
pieces by them.