Orpheus has 3 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
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| 1. | Love will make men dare to die for their beloved. Of this Alcestis is a monument for she was willing to lay down her life for her husband and so noble did this appear to the gods that they granted her the privilege of returning to earth, but Orpheus, the son of Oeagrus, they sent empty away. | |
| 2. | Orpheus was the son of Apollo and the Muse Calliope. He was presented by his father with a Lyre and taught to play upon it, which he did to such perfection that nothing could withstand the charm of his music. | |
| 3. | Hymen had been called to bless with his presence the nuptials of Orpheus with Eurydice; but though he attended, he brought no happy omens with him. His very torch smoked and brought tears into their eyes. | |
| 4. | Orpheus was permitted to take her away with him on one condition, that he should not turn around to look at her till they should have reached the upper air. | |
| 5. | Under this condition they proceeded on their way, he leading, she following, through passages dark and steep, in total silence, till they had nearly reached the outlet into the cheerful upper world, when Orpheus, in a moment of forgetfulness, to assure himself that she was still following, cast a glance behind him, when instantly she was borne away. | |
| 6. | They roam the happy fields together now, sometimes he leading, sometimes she; and Orpheus gazes as much as he will upon her, no longer incurring a penalty for a thoughtless glance. | |
| 7. | Orpheus with his lute made trees and the mountain tops that freeze bow themselves when he did sing. | |
| 8. | Orpheus was the disciple of Linus. | |
| 9. | It is said that Orpheus wrote the Argonautica. |