Orpheus
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Basic data
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January 1, 600 BCE at the earliest
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†December 31, 401 BCE at the latest
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Sänger, Dichter
Iconography
_-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto.jpg "Roman Orpheus mosaic, a very common subject. He wears a Phrygian cap and is surrounded by the animals charmed by lyre-playing (Source: Wikimedia)")
![Orpheus (left, with lyre) among the Thracians, from an Attic red-figure bell-krater (c. 440 BC)[66] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Orpheus_Thracians_Met_24.97.30.jpg "Orpheus (left, with lyre) among the Thracians, from an Attic red-figure bell-krater (c. 440 BC)[66] (Source: Wikimedia)")
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Biographical information from Henze-Digital
Mythologische Figur
