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", a 2025 song by MGK from Lost Americana 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 Prince Orpheus, a character in the video game Baldur's Gate 3

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 Everts (1826–1903), American physician, writer 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

See also ORFEUS, the Orbiting Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer telescope, launched by the Space Shuttle mission 51 Orpheum (disambiguation), a common name for theaters Orphée (disambiguation), the French spelling Orfeas (disambiguation), Ορφέας, the Greek spelling Orfeo (disambiguation), the Italian spelling Orfei, an Italian family name Orfeu (disambiguation), the Portuguese spelling Orfey (disambiguation), Орфей, the Russian spelling Orfeusz i Eurydyka, Polish poetry collection by Czesław Miłosz