Dalam mitologi Yunani, Orfeus (Ὀρφεύς) adalah seorang penyanyi, penyair, dan pemusik yang handal.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Nyanyian dan permainan liranya mampu memesona dan memikat hati banyak makhluk, termasuk Hades. Orfeus adalah anak dari dewa sungai, Oiagros,.[9] dan Kalliope, seorang Mousai.[10][11][12]
- ^ Greek mythology by John Pinsent,1969
- ^ 0709932707&hl=el&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Although%20the%20vases%20depict%20Orpheus%20first%20as%20a%20Greek%20&f=false Interpretations of Greek mythology by Jan N. Bremmer,1987,ISBN 0709932707
- ^ The writing of Orpheus: Greek myth in cultural context by Marcel Detienne,2002,ISBN 0801869544
- ^ The Odrysian kingdom of Thrace: Orpheus unmasked by Zofia Archibald,2008,ISBN 0198150474
- ^ Symbolism in Greek mythology: human desire and its transformations by Paul Diel,1980,ISBN 0877731780
- ^ Orpheus & company: contemporary poems on Greek mythology by Deborah DeNicola,1999
- ^ The Routledge handbook of Greek mythology, by Robin Hard,Herbert Jennings Rose,2004,ISBN 0415186366
- ^ The complete idiot's guide to classical mythology by Kevin Osborn,Dana Burgess,1998,ISBN 0028623851
- ^ Pindaros fragmen 126.9.
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodoros, Bibliotheka 1.3.2
- ^ 'Argonautika 1.23
- ^ Himne Orfeus 24,12.