Orphean
Orphic

I knew then that it was more inspiring than if the sound had come from an orphean bird.

"We've only been here for a fraction of an Orphean year!

The scouts in low orbit had gathered what data they could about Orphean biology.

Why not just simulate a plausible Orphean ocean full of plausible Orphean life forms?

Vision showed the instrument's domes growing out of the rock of the lunar farside; plots of the Orphean spectral data; an ensemble of planetary models.

This species is unmistakable; other dark-headed Sylvia species, such Sardinian and Orphean Warblers have extensive black on the head instead of a small cap.

Paolo had some sympathy with that impulse-but the launch of the microprobes would do nothing to undermine the greater long-term pleasure of watching, and understanding, as Orphean life evolved.

But morale has improved a lot since the spectroscope picked up signs of Orphean water, and when they hear that it's more than just water-" Orlando cut him off sharply.

Blest must their vocation be Who, with tones of melody, Charm the discord and the strife And the railroad rush of life, And with Orphean magic move Souls inert to life and love.

The story was apparently popular in Orphic poetry, of which only fragments survive.

They appear important in their own right and not simply as adjuncts to the Orphic theme.

We'll start out identifying the songs that already express Orphic ideals.

The so-called Orphic gold tablets are perhaps the best-known example.

Orphic utterance becomes a pretty pattern on the wall.

Orphic views and practices have parallels to elements of Pythagoreanism.

The texts used by the composer are the original preserved Orphic hymns.

The ancient Orphic religion has a theology comparable to kathenotheism.

There are also connections with that Orphic opera.

Much of their mysticism concerning the soul seems inseparable from the Orphic tradition.

Orphic speculation influenced the cult of Mithras at times.

In Orphic funeral rites, it was forbidden to make coffins of cypress.

The Orphic text poses interpretational challenges for translators in this passage.

It was a perfect Orphic moment.

"An Orphic rock and roll band," I repeated slowly.

Plethon may also have been the source for Ficino's Orphic system of natural magic.

Barka's orphic works require intuitive rather than logical comprehension.

In the Orphic tradition, the Cocytus is one of four underworld rivers.

It has been suggested that the Orphic mysteries may have had their origins with the Cabeiri.

"If I want to hear an Orphic hymn I'll travel through time.

These inscriptions may have been connected with Orphic poetry (see Zuntz, 1971).

There are indications that Plato was familiar with some version of the Orphic theogony.

During the writing of Orphic Politics in 2006, Lilburn's health began to deteriorate.

Bad puns start to sound like Orphic utterances, extreme punctuation to look weirdly correct.

At one time, the Orphic cult of extremists regarded him as the Creator of the world.