Ori′thy′ia. A daughter of Erechtheus, whose lover, Boreas, carried her off while she was wandering by the river Ilissus. Her children were Zetes and Calais, two winged warriors who accompanied the Argonauts.
Or′muzd. In Persian mythology the creator of all things.
O′ros. The Egyptian Apollo.
Orphans, see Orbona.
Or′pheus was son of Apollo and the Muse Calliope. He was married to Eurydice; but she was stung by a serpent, and died. Orpheus went down to Hades to claim her, and played so sweetly with his lute that Pluto allowed Eurydice to return to the earth with Orpheus, but on condition that he did not look behind him until he had reached the terrestrial regions. Orpheus, however, in his anxiety to see if she were following him, looked round, and Eurydice disappeared from his sight, instantly and for ever.
“Orpheus’ lute was strung with poets’ sinews.”
Shakespeare.
Osi′ris. The Egyptian god of the sun; he was worshipped under the form of an ox.
“... After these appeared
A crew who, under names of old renown,