Orpheus (disambiguation)

Orpheus was a legendary figure in Greek mythology, chief among poets and musicians.

Orpheus may also refer to:

Music and dance

 * List of Orphean operas, several operas titled Orpheus or variants, including:
 * Orpheus (Telemann), a 1726 opera by Georg Philipp Telemann
 * Orpheus (Liszt), an 1854 symphonic poem by Franz Liszt
 * Orpheus (ballet), a 1948 ballet by Igor Stravinsky and George Balanchine
 * Orpheus (band), a 1960s American rock band
 * "Orpheus" (Ash song), 2004
 * "Orpheus" (David Sylvian song), 1988
 * "Orpheus", a song by Sara Bareilles from Amidst the Chaos, 2019
 * Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, based in New York City
 * Orpheus Foundation, which supports the Orpheus Sinfonia, based in London
 * Orpheus Music, an American record label

Film, television, and theater

 * Orpheus (play), a 1926 play by Jean Cocteau
 * Orpheus (film), a 1950 adaptation of the play, directed by Cocteau
 * "Orpheus" (Angel), a 2003 television episode
 * "Orpheus" (Stargate SG-1), a 2003 television episode
 * Orpheus (Days of Our Lives), a character in the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
 * Doctor Byron Orpheus, a character in the TV series The Venture Bros.
 * Triana Orpheus, a character in the TV series The Venture Bros.
 * Orpheus, a character in the 2006 off-Broadway musical Hadestown
 * Lyra Orpheus, a character in the 1987 film Saint Seiya: The Movie

Games and comics

 * Orpheus (DC Comics), a fictional character
 * Orpheus (role-playing game), published by White Wolf Game Studio
 * Orpheus, the main character's persona in the video game Persona 3
 * Orpheus, a character in the video game Hades
 * Orpheus, a survivor and hunter in the video game Identity V

Places and structures

 * Orpheus, Ohio, US
 * Orpheus Gate, a geographical pass in Antarctica
 * Orpheus Monument, a Roman-era monument in Slovenia

Science and technology

 * 3361 Orpheus, an Apollo asteroid
 * Bristol Siddeley Orpheus, a turbojet engine
 * Orpheus, a mockingbird genus, now a junior synonym of Mimus

Ships

 * Orpheus (ship), three commercial ships
 * HMS Orpheus, several ships of the Royal Navy

Other uses

 * Orpheus (magazine), Italian modernist journal between 1932 and 1934
 * Orpheus – Oper und mehr, German magazine for music theatre
 * Krewe of Orpheus, a New Orleans Mardi Gras krewe
 * Orpheus Roye (born 1973), American professional football player
 * Orpheus, a character from the Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke