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... > Classical Mythology and Ancient History > the Greek heroic legends (I) > (story of) Orpheus > suffering, misfortune of Orpheus > death of Orpheus: he is torn to pieces by the Thracian women during a Bacchic orgy > the Thracian women throw Orpheus' head into the river Hebrus > Orpheus' head, washed ashore, is attacked by a serpent

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94O6812Orpheus' head, washed ashore, is attacked by a serpent  

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Subject

  • ancient history
  • Bacchus
  • classical antiquity
  • death
  • ecstasy
  • Greek legend
  • head
  • Hebrus (river)
  • hero
  • heroic legend
  • history
  • legend
  • misfortune
  • mythology
  • orgy
  • Orpheus
  • river
  • serpent
  • shore
  • suffering
  • tearing to pieces
  • Thracian women
  • woman

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