Orpheus

Meaning

1. A Thracian musician and poet, who failed to retrieve his wife Eurydice from Hades.
2. A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Etymology / origin

From Ancient Greek Ὀρφεύς (Orpheús), built from an uncertain root with the -εύς (-eús) suffix. Perhaps root-cognate to Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “orphan”).

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