Orpheus - definition of Orpheus by The Free Dictionary
A Thracian poet and musician whose music had the power to move even inanimate objects and who almost succeeded in rescuing his wife Eurydice from Hades. [LatinOrpheus, from Greek; seeorbh-inIndo-European roots.] Or·phe′an(ôr-fē′ən, ôr′fē-ən)adj. ...