# Orpheus — The Georgics character guide

> Orpheus in The Georgics by Virgil.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Sad Orpheus

**First appearance:** 0003-book-iv

## Who they are

Mythical musician who descends to the underworld to retrieve his wife Eurydice.

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