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Καλλιόπης μ ὲν ο ὖν κ α ὶ Ο ἰάγρου, κ α τ ᾽ ἐπίκλησιν δ ὲ Ἀπόλλωνος, Λίνος, ὃν Ἡρακλῆς ἀπέκτεινε, κ α ὶ Ὀρφεὺς ὁ ἀσκήσας κιθαρῳδίαν, ὃς ᾁδ ω ν ἐκίνει λίθους τ ε κ α ὶ δένδρα. ἀποθανούσης δ ὲ Ε ὐρυδίκης τ ῆς γυναικὸς α ὐτ ο ῦ, δηχθείσης ὑπ ὸ ὄφεως, κ α τ ῆλ θ ε ν ε ἰς Ἅιδου θέλων ἀνάγειν α ὐτήν, κ α ὶ Πλούτωνα ἔπεισεν ἀναπέμψαι. ὁ δ ὲ ὑπέσχετο τ ο ῦτ ο ποιήσειν, ἂν μ ὴ πορευόμενος Ὀρφεὺς ἐπιστραφῇ π ρ ὶν ε ἰς τ ὴν ο ἰκίαν α ὑτ ο ῦ παραγενέσθαι: ὁ δ ὲ ἀπιστῶν ἐπιστραφεὶς ἐθεάσατο τ ὴν γ υ ν α ῖκ α , ἡ δ ὲ πάλιν ὑπέστρεψεν. ε ὗρ ε δ ὲ Ὀρφεὺς κ α ὶ τ ὰ Διονύσου μυστήρια, κ α ὶ τέθαπται π ε ρ ὶ τ ὴν Πιερίαν διασπασθεὶς ὑπ ὸ τ ῶν μαινάδων.
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Apollodorus. Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Includes Frazer's notes.
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