place
Hebrus
River of Thrace down which Orpheus' severed head floated, still singing.
Reading notes
- Agamemnon §864 the Hebrus
A river of Thrace.
- Hercules on Oeta §1 the Hebrus
River of Thrace; near it Hercules destroyed the man-eating mares of the Thracian king Diomedes ('the herds fat with the blood of guests').
- Medea §625 the mournful Hebrus
The river of Thrace down which Orpheus' severed, still-singing head floated.