CLAS104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Oeagrus, Bachelorette Party, Thrice

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS104
• Professor: Ronald Kroeker

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Orpheus has divine origins but portrayed more of a hero then as a god. Heroes are venerated as much as gods but differently. Orpheus made a hero related to his musical abilities. Orpheus is not greek he is a foreigner . Said to tame the wild beasts with his music. Orpheus was on jason"s and the argonauts expedition. In a version orpheus is said to be struck down by zeus or his fellow countrymen for teaching a religion not heard before. Oeagrus river deity of a river in thrice. This is from textbook when marrying eurydice the god of marriage hymen did not bless the couple and eurydice got bitten by a serpent and died. About to be married to eurydice, she was having a bachelorette party in the field she gets bitten by a snake and dies. Orpheus devastated and decided to go to the underworld and get her back.