Orpheus was the poet who had attempted to bring his wife, Eurydice, back from the underworld, and he did that by charming Pluto with his song.

The daughter of Eurydice and Acrisius and mother of Perseus who was imprisoned by her father in a bronze chamber.

Thee attempt failed and, saddened by Eurydice's death, Orpheus spent the rest of his life avoiding the company of women.