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orphic

[awr-fik] / ˈɔr fɪk /


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entrancing
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But the most important thing — an Orphic struggle if ever there was one — was not to look back.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2021

Aucoin first explored the subject in a 2014 piece for countertenor, violin and orchestra called “The Orphic Moment.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2020

Red Hen Press: The Figure of Orpheus in Poetry and Performance Contemporary poems on the Orphic theme, plus pianist Paul Barnes performs his solo-piano transcription of Philip Glass’ “Orphée” symphony.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2019

The music is bright as the young lovers leave the stage in an Orphic apotheosis.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2018

The Orphic lore, the mysteries of the Eleusinian goddesses and Dionysus, had for ages taught a dim doctrine of immortality, under the veil of legend, through the scenic effects of their dramatic mysteries.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel