# Orpheus — Bulfinch’s Mythology character guide

> Orpheus in Bulfinch’s Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Eurydice Orpheus, Eurydice

**First appearance:** 0004-i-introduction

## Who they are

Legendary musician who descended to the underworld to retrieve his wife Eurydice.

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