ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY
- 1670s, from Gk. orphikos "pertaining to Orpheus," master musician of Thrace, son of Eagrus and Calliope, husband of Eurydice, whose name (of unknown origin) was associated with mystic doctrines. Related: Orphism.
WIKIPEDIA
Orphism (more rarely Orphicism) (Ancient
Greek: Ὀρφικά) is the name given to a set of religious[1]
beliefs and practices originating in the ancient
Greek and the Hellenistic
world,[2][3][4][5]
as well as by the Thracians,[6]
associated with literature ascribed to the mythical poet Orpheus,
who descended into Hades
and returned. Orphics also revered Persephone
(who annually descended into Hades for a season and then returned)
and Dionysus or
Bacchus (who also descended into Hades and returned). Orpheus was
said to have invented the Mysteries of Dionysus.[7]
Poetry containing distinctly Orphic beliefs has been traced back to
the 6th century BC[8]
or at least 5th century BC, and graffiti of the 5th century BC
apparently refers to "Orphics".[9]
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