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	Orpheus - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		According to the best-known tradition, Orpheus was the son of Oeagrus, king of Thrace, and the muse Calliope.
		Orpheus learned music from Linus, or from Apollo, who was also his lover and who gave him his own lyre (made by Hermes out of a turtle shell) as a gift.
		Orpheus went down to the lower world and by his music softened the heart of Hades and Persephone (the only person to ever do so), who agreed to allow Eurydice to return with him to earth.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Orphic (1733 words)

	Orpheus Myth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Orpheus was the son of Calliope and either Oeagrus or Apollo.
		Orpheus was the son of Apollo and the Muse Calliope...
		B to C The Mask of Orpheus explores the Orpheus myth in a number of directions at once acted out again and the opera ends with the Orpheus myth decaying Orpheus was the son of Calliope and either Oeagrus or Apollo.
	hs-football.info /myths/orpheus-myth.php (532 words)

	Orpheus info here at en.articles-on-stress-of.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		From the 6th century BC onwards, Orpheus was premeditated alone of the chief poets musicians of antiquity, the inventor or perfector of the lyre.
		According to the best-known tradition, Orpheus was the son of Oeagrus, mogul of Thrace, which in pre-historic stretch to convey image a wider jungle from Olymbos to the Hellespontos Straits, as the Orphic texts (Argonautica) bit dead that Orpheus was ingenerate in Mount Helicon at Livithra (Pieria), that was Calliope, the Muse of epic poetry.
		Orpheus arrives as a scarification of Odysseus's eventual voyage from Ithaca in Nikos Kazantzakis' epic poem The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel.
	en.articles-on-stress-of.info /Orpheus (3497 words)

	Orpheus Biography,info
		In the late thirteenth or early fourteenth century, the tale of Orpheus was mixed with Celtic fairy lore in the Middle English metrical romance Sir Orfeo.
		Auden wrote a beautiful poem called "Orpheus" about the conflicting desires "to be bewildered and happy or most of all the knowledge of life".
		The film appears to be almost equally inspired by Orpheus and Eurydice and by La Boheme, a cunning act of synthesis by writer/director Baz Luhrmann.
	www.parsnava.com /biography/sdmc_Orpheus (3285 words)

	ooBdoo
		Heracles' final labour was to capture Cerberus, which he did by treating it with the first kindness it had ever received.
		Orpheus used his musical skills to lull Cerberus to sleep.
		Fluffy is a three headed dog, guarding a trap door that is lulled to sleep so that they can pass, as Orpheus does in mythology.
	www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/?title=Cerberus (657 words)

	Hades - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Besides Heracles, the only other living persons who ventured to the Underworld were all heroes: Odysseus, Aeneas (accompanied by the Sibyl), Orpheus, and Theseus.
		Hades showed mercy only once: Because the music of Orpheus was so hauntingly good, he allowed Orpheus to bring his wife, Eurydice, back to the land of the living as long as she walked behind him and he never tried to look at her face until they got to the surface.
		Orpheus agreed but, yielding to the temptation to glance backwards, failed and lost Eurydice again, to be reunited with her only after his death.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Hades (2905 words)

	Orpheus - Free net encyclopedia
		In Greek legend, Orpheus (Greek:Ορφέας) was the chief representative of the arts of song and the lyre, and of great importance in the religious history of Greece.
		George Grote wrote that "Orpheus is celebrated by Pindar as the harper and companion of the Argonautic maritime heros." Template:Rf
		The story of Orpheus and Eurydice has interesting similarities to the Japanese myth of Izanagi and Izanami.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Orpheus (2532 words)

	Orpheus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The name Orpheus is used in the cartoon television series The Venture Bros..
		Doctor Byron Orpheus is a necromancer who lives in a converted wing of Dr.
		W.K.C. Guthrie, Orpheus and Greek Religion: a Study of the Orphic Movement, p.17.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orpheus (3304 words)

	Hades Encyclopedia Article @ Hell1.com (Hell 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Hades, Greek god of the underworld, enthroned, with his bird-headed staff, on a red-figure Apulian vase made in the 4th century BC.
		He strictly forbade his subjects to leave his domain and would become quite enraged when anyone tried to leave, or if someone tried to steal the souls from his realm.
		Besides Heracles, the only other living people who ventured to the Underworld were all heroes: Odysseus, Aeneas (accompanied by the Sibyl), Orpheus, Theseus, and Psyche.
	www.hell1.com /encyclopedia/Hades (2489 words)

	SOB
		refers to the a cappella singing group from Yale that is named the Society of Orpheus & Bacchus.
		The SOBs, as they are affectionately known, are generally regarded as one of the best groups on the Yale campus.
		This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/s/so/sob.html (137 words)

	Midas - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In Greek mythology Midas (??da?, often referred to as King Midas) is popularly remembered for his ability to turn anything he touched into gold: the "Midas touch".
		Midas, now hating wealth and splendor, moved to the country, and became a worshipper of Pan, the god of the fields.
		Once Pan had the audacity to compare his music with that of Apollo, and to challenge Apollo, the god of the lyre, to a trial of skill.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Midas (1112 words)

	Society Of Orpheus And Bacchus (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In Greek legend, Orpheus was the chief representative of the arts of song andthe lyre, and of great importance in the religious history of Greece.
		The mythical figureof Orpheus was borrowed by the Greeks from their Thracian neighbours; the Thracian"Orphic Mysteries", rituals of unknown content, were named after him.
		While several etymologies of the name "Orpheus" have been proposed, the most probable is that it was an actor-noun derivedfrom a hypothetical archaic verb * orphao, "to be deprived, to long for".
	www.beyondtheorange.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Help/7071-Society-Of-Orpheus-And-Bacchus.Html (663 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Siren
		Jason had been warned by Chiron that Orpheus would be necessary in his journey.
		When Orpheus heard their voices, he drew his lyre and played his music more beautifully than they, drowning out their voices.
		One of the crew, however, the sharp-eared hero Butes, heard the song and leapt into the sea, but he was caught up and carried safely away by the goddess Aphrodite.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Siren (667 words)

	Orpheus (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mask of Orpheus, a 1984 opera by Harrison Birtwistle
		Orpheus, an episode title and fictional mystical drug from the TV series Angel.
		This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orpheus_(disambiguation) (197 words)

	Eurydice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The most famous was a woman — or a nymph — who was the wife of Orpheus.
		Orpheus accomplished something no other person ever has: he traveled to the underworld and by his music softened the hearts of Hades and Persephone, and even made the Furies weep.
		The story of Eurydice and Orpheus has strong similarities with the Japanese myth of Izanami and Izanagi and the Mayan myth of Ix Chel and Itzamna.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Eurydice (520 words)

	Rottweil - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		It has a medieval town hall, several schools and a museum of antiquities.
		Especially noteworthy is the collection of sculptures and pictures of old German art in the chapel of St Lawrence, where there is also a Roman mosaic, found in the vicinity, portraying Orpheus in the centre and, at the sides, Roman chariot-races and gladiators.
		The industries of the place embrace the manufacture of powder, locomotives, machinery, cotton, leather and beer.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Rottweil (272 words)

	Pluto - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Here he ruled with his wife Persephone over the other powers below and over the dead.
		He is stern and pitiless, deaf to prayer or flattery, and sacrifice to him is of no avail; only the music of Orpheus prevailed upon him to restore his wife Eurydice.
		His helmet, given him by the Cyclopes after their release from Tartarus, rendered him invisible (like the Tarn - or Nebelkappe of German mythology).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Pluto (728 words)

	Gardner Writes » Blog Archive » Poetry Podcasts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Orpheus was the most famous poet of antiquity.
		His fabled artistic abilities included writing poetry (songs, really) so beautiful that even inanimate nature would be moved to tears.
		For many poets, Orpheus stands as the ultimate expression of magical language, language that is both abstracted symbolic discourse and a means of awakening the animistic forces within the material universe.
	www.gardnercampbell.net /blog1/?p=269 (643 words)

	Jason
		Together, the heroes were known as the Argonauts.
		They included the Boreads, Heracles, Telamon, Orpheus, Castor and Polydeuces and Euphemus.
		Chiron had told Jason that without the aid of Orpheus, the Argonauts would never be able to pass the Sirens.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Jason (1291 words)

	English Icon
		The earliest written records available of Christian images treated like icons are in a pagan or Gnostic context.
		Alexander Severus (A.D. 222–235) kept a domestic chapel for the veneration of images of deified emperors, of portraits of his ancestors, and of Christ, Apollonius, Orpheus and Abraham (Lampridius, Life of Alexander Severus xxix.).
		Irenaeus, in his Against Heresies 1:25;6, says of the Gnostic Carpocratians, “They also possess images, some of them painted, and others formed from different kinds of material; while they maintain that a likeness of Christ was made by Pilate at that time when Jesus lived among them.
	articles.gourt.com /?article=icon (3804 words)

	Black Orpheus information information - Search.com
		Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) is a 1959 Brazilian film by French director Marcel Camus based on the play Orfeu da Conceição by Vinicius de Moraes.
		It retells the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, setting it in the modern context of Rio de Janeiro during Carnival.
		The film is particularly renowned for its soundtrack by bossa nova legend Antonio Carlos Jobim.
	search.com.com /reference/Black_Orpheus (153 words)

	Persephone - Topic Powered by eve community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Persephone, as Queen of Hades, only showed mercy once, because the music of Orpheus was so hauntingly sad.
		She allowed Orpheus to bring his wife Eurydice back to the land of the living as long as she walked behind him and he never tried to look at her face until they reached the surface.
		Orpheus agreed but failed, looking back at the very end to make sure his wife was following, and lost Eurydice forever.
	community.channel4.com /eve/forums/a/tpc/f/4290090682/m/8910001546 (1820 words)

	Moon - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Recently, the giant impact hypothesis has been considered a more viable scientific hypothesis for the moon's origin than the coformation or condensation hypothesis.
		The Giant Impact hypothesis holds that the Moon formed from the ejecta resulting from a collision between a very early, semi-molten Earth and a planet-like object the size of Mars, which has been referred to as Theia or Orpheus.
		The material ejected from this impact would have gathered in orbit around Earth and formed the Moon.
	arikah.com /encyclopedia/Moon (5921 words)

	Black Orpheus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For other articles with similar names, see Black Orpheus (disambiguation).
		Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro in Portuguese) is a 1959 film made in Brazil by French director Marcel Camus.
		It is based on the play Orfeu da Conceição by Brazilian poet Vinicius de Moraes, which is a retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, setting it in the modern context of Rio de Janeiro during the Carnival.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Orpheus (190 words)

	The Ultimate Orpheus Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
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		His head and lyre—still singing mournful songs—floated down the swift Hebrus to the Mediterranean shore.
		Russell Hoban's "The Medusa Frequency " alludes heavily to the Orpheus myth.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Orphic (1600 words)

	More Info on morpheus - - orpheus - - morphus
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	www.usgovernetics.com /Oom-to-Pat/morpheus.php (644 words)

	Eurydice - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This is a disambiguation page, listing pages that might otherwise share the same title.
		As the WCD increases, the number of disambiguation pages will also increase.
		This page was last modified 04:31, 30 Apr 2005.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /wcd/Eurydice (35 words)

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