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Quintillian on Orpheus
Identifier
006561
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Quintilian – The Orator’s Education
Music …. In remote times was not only cultivated, but venerated to such an extent that the same men were regarded as musicians, poets and sages, among whom Orpheus and Linus … because he tamed savage and unruly spirits by charming them. Orpheus gained a reputation not only for moving wild beasts but even rocks and trees