orphic
Speech parts
1. orphic - Noun
2. orphic - Adjective
3. orphic - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.
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The instructed man is ashamed to pronounce in an Orphic manner what everybody knows, and because he is silent people think he is making fun of them.
mysterious symbols
the mystical style of Blake
occult lore
the secret learning of the ancients
Although only scraps of the Orphic narratives survive, they show interesting differences with the Hesiodic tradition.