Robert George
Author
Language
English
Description
WHO has not heard the romantic legend of Orpheus and Eurydice? The polished verse of Virgil, in his Georgics (iv. 452-527), has immortalised the story, told by "Cærulean Proteus". But few know the importance that mythical Orpheus plays in Grecian legends, nor the many arts and sciences attributed to him by fond posterity. Orpheus was the father of the Pan-Hellenic faith, the great theologer, the man who brought to Greece the sacred rites of secret...