# Orpheus — The Inferno character guide

> Orpheus in The Inferno by August Strindberg.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0009-vi-hell

## Who they are

Mythical poet who descends to the underworld, paralleling the narrator.

## In the story

### [Extracts from My Journal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/extracts-from-my-journal)

The narrator compares himself to Orpheus, attempting to reanimate nature.

### [XI: Hell Let Loose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/xi-hell-let-loose)

Mentioned in the newspaper notice as a figure whose head was torn off by women, paralleling Strindberg's fears.

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