Orphic

English Etymology en :af Orpheus -ic + 1 Pronunciation en /ˈɔːfɪk/ RP en /ˈɔɹfɪk/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Orphic.wav US Adjective en Greek mythology Of or pertaining to Orphism and its doctrines and rituals. en 2004 Stephanie L. Budin The Ancient Greeks: New Perspectives ABC-CLIO 307 https://books.google.com/books?id=mi5oAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Orphism%22&dq=%22Orphism%22&hl=&cd=69&source=gbs_api Orphic ideology mainly concerned the mysteries of Dionysos, which many Greeks took very seriously. Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; mystic. 1976 115 he intended to be a divine artist, a man of visionary states and enchantments, Platonic possession. He got a Rationalistic, Naturalistic education at CCNY. This was not easily reconciled with the Orphic. But all his desires were contradictory. Hypnotic; entrancing. Derived terms en Orphically Orphicism Translations Of or pertaining to Orphism and its doctrines and rituals Armenian: hy Bulgarian: bg орфи́чески Catalan: ca òrfic Czech: cs Danish: da Dutch: nl orfisch Finnish: fi orfilainen French: fr orphique Friulian: fur orfic Georgian: ka Greek: el Hungarian: hu Italian: it orfico Polish: pl dotyczący Orfeusza Portuguese: pt órfico Romanian: ro orfic Russian: ru орфи́ческий Spanish: es órfico Noun en Greek mythology A follower of Orphism. en 2021 Andrea Nightingale Philosophy and Religion in Plato's Dialogues Cambridge University Press 9781108945035 137 https://books.google.com/books?id=fXIqEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA137&dq=%22Orphics%22&hl=&cd=12&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Orphics%22&f=false In particular, Plato often refers to the “Orphics” and mentions the “Orphic life” (Orphikoi tines legomenoi bioi, Laws 782c). Plato clearly distinguished the Orphics and the Pythagoreans. To speak very generally, the Orphics believed that the soul had a divine beginning but fell from the gods due to an original crime. en eponyms en People