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Orpheus (Greek: Ὀρφεύς; pronounced /ˈɔrfiəs/ (OHR-fee-uhs) or /ˈɔrfjuːs/ (OHR'-fews) in English) is a figure from Greek mythology,[1] probably of Macedonian[2] origin (more specifically Pierian)[3], venerated by the Ancient Greeks. He was said to have been born in Pieria at a village called Pimpleia[4], close to Olympus,[5][6] and to have been king of the Thracian tribe of Cicones[7], among whose maenads he met his death. The obscure mythographer Konon writes of him being King of the Macedonians[8] as well.
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Bulgarian nationalism interprets anything Thracian as Bulgarian.[47] During the 2000s, Bulgarian archeologists led by Nikolay Ovcharov declared that they had discovered the Tomb of Orpheus in Bulgaria[48] despite the fact that Orpheus was a mythological figure and that the Tomb of Orpheus was known since antiquity to be found close to Olympus in Libethra.[49][50] Orpheus was used as a poster face for Bulgarian tourism[51] even after issues had been raised by Greece.[52] The Bulgarian side rejected the fact that Orpheus lived in mostly close to Olympus[53][54] in a place called Pimpleia and claimed that "Bulgaria was the Land of Orpheus". The myth's Hellenic origin was rejected[55] it was claimed that "Orpheus lived in Bulgaria", despite the fact that the myth is clearly Ancient Greek[56][57][58] and that Thracian does not equate Bulgarian. The Greek response,[59] expressed by Alexandra Christopoulou of the Athens National Archaeological Museum, was as follows: "Nations claim Greek heroes all the time. It happened with Alexander the Great and now with Orpheus. Bulgaria did not even exist at the time." Nikolai Ovcharov claimed that Orpheus was of Bulgarian origin somehow equating Thracians with Bulgarians.[60]
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