Orpheus (disambiguation)

Orpheus was a legendary ancient Greek musician. The name Orpheus later took on some other meanings:

Related Topics:
Orpheus - Legend

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• Orpheus is a hypothesized Mars-sized planet that collided with the Earth 4.5 billion years ago, possibly creating the Moon. It is also called Theia.
• Orpheus is a large New Orleans Carnival Krewe, founded in 1993. The Orpheus parade takes place on Lundi Gras night, the night before Mardi Gras.
• Orpheus is a Carnival Krewe in Mandeville, Louisiana, which first paraded in 1988. The parade in Mandeville the Friday before Mardi Gras.
• Orpheus is the translation into English of the title of the movie Orphée directed by Jean Cocteau in 1949.
• Orpheus is a Boston band of the 1960s.
• HMS Orpheus was the name of several Royal Navy vessels, including one which sunk off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, in 1863.
• Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) is a 1959 Brazilian film by French director Marcel Camus
• Orfeu is a 1999 Brazilian film by Brazilian director Carlos Diegues.
• Orpheus is a comic book character in the Batman universe.
• Orpheus is a role playing game from White Wolf Game Studio that takes place in the World of Darkness.
• Orpheus is a song by Ash.