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	Oeagrus Thrace Orpheus Calliope Ares Linus Greek mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		According to the best-known tradition, Orpheus was the son of Oeagrus, king of Thrace, which in pre-historic period seems to describe a wider region from Olymbos to Hellespontos Straits as the Orphic...
		to the best-known tradition, Orpheus was the son of Oeagrus, king of Thrace, and the muse Calliope.
		Calliope and King Oeagrus of Thrace were the parents of Orpheus.
	en.powerwissen.com /39%2B77FvzopqMDDKQgiZmTA%3D%3D_Oeagrus.html (155 words)

	Muses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		She is frequently seen holding a writing tablet or a roll of paper or a book, and crowned in gold.
		She is the mother of Hymenaeus and Ialemus, Linus, and Orpheus (by her husband, Oeagrus).
		Clio — (Kleio) the "Proclaimer" ("famegiver") is the muse of history and is typically seen wearing a laurel wreath on her head and sitting with a scroll and accompanied by a chest of books.
	www.klishis.com /Misc/Muses.html (493 words)

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		Although the name Oeagrus creates the urge to be reliable and responsible, we emphasize that it causes a restless intensity that defies relaxation.
		The name of Oeagrus creates a quick, analytical, and clever mind; you are creative, versatile, original, and independent.
		You have large ambitions, and it is difficult for you to be tolerant and understanding of those who desire less in life or who are more slow and methodical by nature.
	www.kabalarians.com /male/oeagrus.htm (422 words)

	Calliope -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		At the behest of Zeus, the king of the gods, she judged the dispute between the goddesses Aphrodite and Persephone over Adonis.
		In most accounts she and King Oeagrus of Thrace were the parents of Orpheus, the lyre-playing hero.
		She was also loved by the god Apollo, by whom she had two sons, Hymen and Ialemus.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9018709 (723 words)

	DenverPost.com - Excerpts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Who his father was is less certain: the prime suspects are an Olympian god (Apollo) and an almost-mortal Thracian (Oeagrus, possibly a river god, or a king who inherited Thrace from his father, Charops, who helped Dionysus establish himself in Greece and was his devoted follower, inheriting the original Dionysian rites).
		More evidence for Oeagrus: Apollo is unlikely to have slain his son or step-son.
		Whatever the manner of Linos' death, he was thereafter mourned with the ceremonial cry of ai Linon (woe for Linos), a lament which may have had a place in the rituals marking the changing seasons.
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	Orpheus & Eurydice Homework Page
		Next to these gods came a few mortals who were so admirable in their art that they almost equaled the great gods.
		One of these gifted mortals was Orpheus, son of the Muse Calliope and a Thracian king named Oeagrus.
		Orpheus was given the gift of music by his mother and that gift was nurtured in the land of Thrace where he grew up.
	www.thanasis.com /eurydice.htm (1172 words)

	Hellenic Orpheus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		While the writers seemed to mostly agree on his place of birth as being Thrace and his mother being the muse Calliope, there was a widespread uncertainty as to the identity of his father.
		Pindar refers to him as both the son of Oeagrus and of Apollo.
		This can be explained by the poet's need to keep the material familiar to his audience, the figures of Pluto and Juno being more likely known to them than Oeagrus and Calliope.
	gondolin.hist.liv.ac.uk /~azaroth/university/orfeo/node3.html (1232 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Greek Myths - Heroes of Greek Mythology
		Oedipus renounced the throne and was banished, wandering the earth with his daughter from the marriage, Anitgone, until he died at Colonis.
		Orpheus was the son of Apollo, or Oeagrus, king of Thrace, and the muse Calliope.
		He was given a lyre by Apollo and became a poet and musician rivalled by no other man. He could charm anything, from people to animals to trees, and his music often succeeded where strong men failed.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A668171 (2139 words)

	Oeagrus Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
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	Dionysus 2, Greek Mythology Link.
		In any case, this is how Charops 4 became king in Thrace; for Dionysus 2, out of gratitude for his aid, handed over the kingdom to him, and instructed him in the secret rites of the initiations.
		Later the son of Charops 4, Oeagrus, took over both the kingdom and the initiatory rites.
		According to others, Dionysus 2, being persecuted by Lycurgus 1, took refuge in the sea with the Nereid Thetis, while the MAENADS and SATYRS that attended him were taken prisoners.
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	Calliope´s morning ode - www.ezboard.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		In short, Calliope is one of the nine Muses of Apollo, the god of song (also called Musagetes, leader of the Muses), also god of the sun, therefore called Phoebus (the bright one).
		Calliope is the mother of Orpheus, the great mythological poet, the father is either said to be the Thracian king Oeagrus, or Apollo himself.
		These are the "facts", the rest is poetic licence.
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	Tales of Lovers
		Orpheus was the son of the Muse Calliope.
		His father was either the god Apollo or Oeagrus, the king of Thrace.
		Even though he may have the son of the Thracian king, Apollo, who was the greatest musician of the gods, taught him how to play the lyre.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/lovers.html (6691 words)

	Muse Calliope
		They say that with the music of his voice he enchanted stubborn mountain rocks and rushing streams.
		Orpheus son of Oeagrus and the Muse Calliope, from Thrace.
		When Orpheus was taking delight in song, seated, as many say, on Mount Olympus.
	shekinah.elysiumgates.com /muse.html (1323 words)

	Littleowlluna.com - Greek Gods and Goddesses: C (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Calliope (Kalliope): Muse of epic poetry and chief of the 9 muses.
		Children: Orpheus and Linus by Apollo or Oeagrus.
		Her strory: Judged dispute between Aphrodite and Persephone over Adonis.
	www.stormpages.com /littleowlluna/base2/greekgodsc.html (429 words)

	orpheus and the development of the dionysiac myth
		Its final phase as an integral portion of Pythagoreanism which I will address later.
		He was given the lyre by Apollo and became such an excellent musician that he had no rival among mortals.
		We have already seen that, according to Diodorus, Dionysus was said to have given Charops the rule over the Thracians and instructed him in secret rites; that Oeagrus, son of Charops, inherited both the kingdom and the mysteries; and that, finally,
	paganizingfaithofyeshua.netfirms.com /no_6_orphean_reconstruction_of_dionysus.htm (3625 words)

	Vega. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Lyre, the shape of the tortoise-shell, which under the fingers of its heir (Mercury) gave forth sound only after death.
		Once with it did Orpheus; Oeagrus' son, impart sleep to waves, feeling to rocks, hearing to trees, tears to Pluto, and finally a limit to death.
		Hence will come endowments of song and tuneful strings, hence pipes of different shapes which prattle melodiously, and whatever is moved to utterance by touch of hand or force of breath.
	www.winshop.com.au /annew/Vega.html (951 words)

	Plovdiv Guide and Plovdiv - the Tourism, Tradition and Culture Center of Bulgaria
		It is no wonder that Bulgaria is again attracting world attention as "A musical miracle".
		It was here in this ancient Thracian land that Orpheus, the great hero of Greek Mythology was born, the son of the Muse Calliope and King Oeagrus (according to other sources, Apollo is also referred to as Orpheus’; father).
		He lived in the 6th century B.C. and was the greatest musician and poet of Greek myth, whose songs could charm wild beasts and coax even rocks and trees into movement.
	plovdivcityguide.com /thingstoknow/1/music/?lang_id=1 (612 words)

	Poseidon's Greek Mythology Page - Heroes
		After the war was over Odysseus took an additional 10 years to get home.
		Orpheus was the son of Oeagrus, king of Thrace and the muse Calliope.
		He is famous for his love for Eurydice (See Orpheus and Eurydice under myths).
	members.tripod.com /%7EPoseidon64/heroes.html (2327 words)

	Orpheus
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		Orpheus was the son of Calliope and either Oeagrus or Apollo.
		He was the greatest musician and poet of Greek myth, whose songs could charm wild beasts and coax even rocks and trees into movement.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/o/orpheus.html (299 words)

	The Annotated "St. Stephen"
		Muse of epic poetry, and chief of the Muses.
		She was the mother of Orpheus by Apollo or King Oeagrus."
		She was also the muse of playing on stringed instruments.
	arts.ucsc.edu /gdead/agdl/stephen.html (1670 words)

	Orpheus -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		He became the patron of a religious movement based on sacred writings said to be his own.
		Traditionally, Orpheus was the son of a Muse (probably Calliope, the patron of epic poetry) and Oeagrus, a king of Thrace (other versions give Apollo).
		According to some legends, Apollo gave Orpheus his first lyre.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9057452 (522 words)

	Mythology Quiz 10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Five mythological characters are named Linus (link to page within the Greek Mythology Link:
		The son of the muse Calliope by Apollo or Oeagrus (father of Orpheus) or Ismenius.
		He taught Orpheus how to play the lyre and was trying to teach Hercules, but was killed by him.
	www.speakeasy.org /~bwduncan/mythevi/edith10.html (190 words)

	Welcome to xechno.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		But now I will tell the lineage and the names of the heroes, and of the long sea-paths and the deeds they wrought in their wanderings; may the Muses be the inspirers of my song!
		23-34) First then let us name Orpheus whom once Calliope bare, it is said, wedded to Thracian Oeagrus, near the Pimpleian height.
		Men say that he by the music of his songs charmed the stubborn rocks upon the mountains and the course of rivers.
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	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		[2] Now Calliope bore to Oeagrus or, nominally, to Apollo, a son Linus, whom Hercules slew; and another son, Orpheus, who practised minstrelsy and by his songs moved stones and trees.
		And when his wife Eurydice died, bitten by a snake, he went down to Hades, being fain to bring her up, and he persuaded Pluto to send her up.
		He found the body on an island shore, now called Icaria, and at once prepared to bury the unfortunate remains;
	www.clas.ufl.edu /users/kapparis/SCIFI/MythOrphDaed.html (643 words)

	OEAGRUS - Gods from Greek Mythology
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		OEAGRUS: King of Thrace, and part-time God of Rivers and Wine.
		Allegedly the lover of CALLIOPE, he may be the father of ORPHEUS.
	www.godchecker.com /pantheon/greek-mythology.php?deity=OEAGRUS (98 words)

	Stanislavsky System @ Theatre w/Anatoly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		When Linus unwisely challenged his father to a singing contest, Apollo killed him.
		Calliope later married Oeagrus, with whom she bore Orpheus.
		Melpomene, who lay with the river god Achelous, gave birth to the Sirens.
	geocities.com /anatolant/acting/system.html (2348 words)

	Athenaeus: Deipnosophists, Book XIII, Page III of III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		I also omitted Mimnermus's flute-girl, Nanno, and the Leontion of Hermesianax of Colophon; inspired by her after she became his mistress he wrote three books of elegiacs, in the last of which he gives a catalogue of love affairs in the following manner:
		"Such was she whom the dear son of Oeagrus, armed only with the lyre, brought back from Hades, even the Thracian Agriope.
		Ay, he sailed to that evil and inexorable bourne where Charon drags into the common barque the souls of the departed; and over the lake he shouts afar, as it pours its flood from out the tall reeds.
	members.aol.com /heliogabby/deipnon/deipnon3.htm (7078 words)

	Orpheus, the great theologer,philosopher,musicean
		Diodoros (11,64) has been written Orpheus was son of thracin king Oeagrus, and also in Argonautic of Apollodoros has been written:
		and came in the famous cave, where she was borned me on the bed of magnanimous Oeagrus.
		He traveled to Egypt and to Libya where he teached:
	www.halkidiki.com /thiseus/orph.htm (1287 words)

	Olympians
		No one, god or mortal, could play the lyre better than Apollo could.
		Some say that Apollo was the father of the greatest mortal musician, Orpheus, by Calliope, one of the Muses, while other writers say that Orpheus' father was the Thracian king, Oeagrus.
		Another son of Apollo, named Linus, was also a great musician, but was killed by his pupil Heracles.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/olympians.html (13436 words)

	Greek Mythology: CALLIOPE / KALLIOPE Goddess Muse of Epic Poetry w/ Pictures
		"Orpheus son of Oeagrus and the Muse Calliope, from Thrace." - Hyginus, Fabulae 14
		Apollo and Jove [Zeus] consented, for Orpheus had praised Apollo highly, and Jupiter [Zeus] granted this favour to his daughter." - Hyginus, Astronomica 2.7
		"Nor need you address the maiden Musae with awestruck lips: their company also knows what it means to love, if after all it is true that one of them [Kalliope] upon the rocks of Bistonia was once ravished by the semblance of Oeagrus." - Propertius, Elegies 2.30B
	www.theoi.com /Ouranios/MousaKalliope.html (2104 words)

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