Up: [[Words, Beautiful and Otherwise]] Related: [[Orpheus, Greek mortal]] Created: 2026-02-08 The word Orphean is an adjective meaning melodious, enchanting, or referring to the manner of [[Orpheus, Greek mortal]]’s journey to the underworld. An example of the last would be > [!Orbit] Robin Jenkins in *Childish Things* > I have already made not one but several Orphean journeys. I had not yet accepted her loss.