Orpheus, master of music, the civilizing art
Orpheus, master of music, the civilizing art. Orpheus drowned out the singing of the Sirens. However, one of the Argonauts, Butes, was particularly sharp-eared, heard the Sirens’ songs, and plunged to his doom. Orpheus’ wife (whom he has just married) is bit by a serpent and dies.
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