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Orpheus was a legendary figure in Greek mythology, chief among poets and musicians.
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Orpheus may also be:
Music and dance
- George Balanchine's 1948 Orpheus (ballet) to music by Igor Stravinsky
- Claudio Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo
- Christoph Willibald Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice
- Jacques Offenbach's operetta Orpheus in the Underworld
- Harrison Birtwistle's 1984 opera The Mask of Orpheus
- List of Orphean operas
- Orpheus (song), a single from the album Secrets of the Beehive by David Sylvian
- "Orpheus" (song), a single from the album Meltdown by the band Ash
- The Lyre of Orpheus (album), song and album by Nick Cave
- Orpheus (band), a Boston rock band from the 1960s
- Orpheus Music, an R&B and jazz record label
- Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, classical music chamber orchestra from New York City, U.S.
- Orpheus Musical Theatre Society, amateur musical theatre society in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Television and film
- Orpheus (film), or Orphée, a 1950 French film
- Black Orpheus, a 1959 French film
- Orpheus 3.3, an episode of 21 Jump Street
- "Orpheus" (Angel), an episode of the television series Angel
- "Orpheus" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of the television series Stargate SG-1
- Doctor Byron Orpheus, a character on the animated series The Venture Bros.
- Orpheus, a character in the anime film Saint Seiya: The Movie
Literature
- Sir Orfeo, a Middle English narrative poem combining elements from the Classical Greek story and from Celtic mythlogy.
- Orpheus Descending, a play by Tennessee Williams
- The Lyre of Orpheus (novel), last of the Cornish Trilogy by Robertson Davies
- Sonnets to Orpheus, German poetry written by Rainer Maria Rilke
- Orpheus, a character from the Inkworld trilogy by Cornelia Funke
Games and comics
- Orpheus (comics), a DC Comics character
- Orpheus (role-playing game), published by White Wolf Game Studio
- Orpheus, The main characters persona in the video game Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3
Other uses
- 3361 Orpheus, an Apollo asteroid
- Orpheus, a mockingbird genus established Swainson in 1827; now a junior synonym of Mimus
- Orpheus, an invalid (preoccupied) genus proposed for the Brown-eared Bulbul by Temminck and Schlegel in 1848
- Orpheus or Theia (planet), a hypothetical planet in a theory of the Moon's formation
- ORPHEUS: Organisation for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in the European System
- Orpheus Gate, a geographical pass in Antarctica
- Orpheus Personality Test based on the Big Five personality traits
- Orpheus Roye, American professional football player
- Bristol Siddeley Orpheus, a turbojet engine
- HMS Orpheus, any of several ships of the Royal Navy
- Krewe of Orpheus, a New Orleans Mardi Gras krewe
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