Orpheus
['ɔ:fiəs;-fjus]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) (Greek mythology) a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed.
校對:莱斯利--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope, and husband of Eurydice. He is reputed to have had power to entrance beasts and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre.
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例句/造句/用法:
- They abounded in China, in India, and in Egypt before the lyre of Apollo was invented, or the charming harp of Orpheus was conceived. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- You, Crispin, are Orpheus. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- O for the lyre of some Orpheus, to constrain, with touch of melodious strings, these mad masses into Order! 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The ancient mysteries of Demeter and Orpheus, the mysteries of the Mediterranean race, revived and made a sort of _theocrasia_ with these new cults. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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