A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 491
-ithe;i. iioreas carried her off to Thrace, where she became themother of Cleopatra, Chione, Zetes, and Calais. Orpheus. A mythical poet, called the son of CEagrus andC illiope. He accom[)anied the Argonautic expedition. Apollo gavehim a lyre, and the Muses taught him how to play. He… … of a serpent. Orpheus followed her to Hades, where the charm of his music caused the torments to cease. Pluto consented that Eurydice should accompany him to the upper world, on condition that he should not look back while upon his way. This he refrained from doino; until he reached the :hreshold,…
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