Orpheus

its time tio start looking at Orpheus the character. after this we will look at the aurogonauts tale with both Orpheus as mention and its lead Jason. citation : http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Mythology/Orpheus.html Death of Orpheus, Louvre G416 In Greek legend, Orpheus (Ορφέας) was the chief representative of the arts of song and the lyre, and of great importance in the religious history of Greece. The mythical figure of Orpheus was borrowed by the Greeks from their Thracian neighbours; the Thracian "Orphic Mysteries", rituals of unknown content, were named after him. "Orpheus was highly renowned in Thrace which was west to northwest of the areas now known as elesua ( former Greece)" -- As we have mentioned prior the ideas of masgic , ritual, song and the lyure are accorded to the divinity oof Orpheus. The divine song and the lyre it is played on is the representation of the divine song or program Orpheus represented. We have already covered the mysteries as in the psalms ( see earlier part of blog ) Overview "The name Orpheus does not occur in Homer or Hesiod, but he was known in the time of Ibycus (c. 530 BC), and Pindar (522—-442 BC) speaks of him as “the father of songs”." "From the 6th century BC onwards he was looked upon as one of the chief poets and musicians of antiquity, the inventor or perfecter of the lyre, who by his music and singing was able not only to charm the wild beasts, but even to draw the trees and rocks from their places, and to arrest the rivers in their course. As one of the pioneers of civilization, he was supposed to have taught mankind the arts of medicine, writing and agriculture. As closely connected with religious life, he was an augur and seer; practised magical arts, especially astrology; founded or rendered accessible many important cults, such as those of Apollo and Thracian god Dionysus; instituted mystic rites, both public and private; prescribed initiatory and purificatory ritual." Orpheus was renowned for his lyre playing. His voice and song are mythically renowned for charming animals and plants. he was said to have spoken to animals and moved plants. His stylings changed the essence of lyre playing. He could move the elements like rocks and even stop rivers. He was a enlightener teaching language, writing arts and agriculture,medacine upgrading people's civilisaing. Orpheus is considered a high religious figure and God. he was an seer and augur "The augur was a priest and official in the classical world, especially ancient Rome and Etruria. His main role was to interpret the will of the gods by studying the flight of birds: whether they are flying in groups or alone, what noises they make as they fly, direction of flight and what kind of birds they are. This was known as "taking the auspices." The ceremony and function of the augur was central to any major undertaking in Roman society—public or private—including matters of war, commerce, and religion. The Roman historian Livy stresses the importance of the augurs: "Who does not know that this city was founded only after taking the auspices, that everything in war and in peace, at home and abroad, was done only after taking the auspices?"[1]" citation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augur Orpheus was a magic user and arts considered magic in his time, He was renowned for astrology. Cults of both thracian dionysus and apollo. The cult of Orpheus itself that began soon after his time, and some would claim based on a medium following dutring his time also is seen as a major influence in helenistic religions including Christ syndreates( churhces) The mystic rites and Orphic mysteries are known and the basis of different realogeous( religious) sects and rituals. He created initiation practices, Mystical rites and purification and purging rituals that are part of diferent sects, practices and orphic mysteries themselves.