Orpheus (Ancient Greek legendary hero endowed with superhuman musical skills who became the patron of a religious movement based on sacred writings said to be his own)

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• Orpheus — Orphean /awr fee euhn, awr fee euhn/, adj. /awr fee euhs, fyoohs/, n. 1. Gk. Legend. a poet and musician, a son of Calliope, who followed his dead wife, Eurydice, to the underworld. By charming Hades, he obtained permission to lead her away,… …   Universalium

• Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …   Universalium