orpheus

English Thesaurus

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

instance hypernym	:	mythical being,
definition	:	an imaginary being of myth or fable (noun.person)

domain category	:	greek mythology,
definition	:	the mythology of the ancient Greeks (noun.group)

derivation	:	orphic,
definition	:	ascribed to Orpheus or characteristic of ideas in works ascribed to Orpheus (adj.pert)

derivation	:	orphic,
definition	:	ascribed to Orpheus or characteristic of ideas in works ascribed to Orpheus (adj.pert)