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Oeagrus

Οἴαγρος

The Thracian river god who fathered Orpheus with the Muse Calliope.

He is variously called a river god of Thrace, or its king.

Apollodorus writes that Calliope bore Orpheus and Linus "by Oeagrus — in name, by Apollo." The father who begot and the father who was named stand side by side in a single sentence.

His other son Linus was beaten to death with a lyre while teaching Heracles music. One household produced both the pinnacle of music and the worst music lesson in history.

SourcesApollodorus, Library

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