ORONTES 



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tuched I'.v rootlets to the rootlet* 



and the stout, scaly 



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species. s ''< > Broomrapc ; Tooth- 

 wort 



Orontes, Axios OK XAIIH EL 

 Asi (tin- rel>cllious river). lti\.r 

 . Il MM-* IIIMI- I'.aalltcU and 

 live <>f tlio Leontefl, and 

 I.etween the U'banon and 

 Anti I.eKmon rimgi-s. Emerging 

 to tin- |>!;iiiis, it expands into the 

 small lake of Honis or Kadf*. .-md 

 then continues N. between rocky 

 walls until it turns abruptly VV. 

 and S.W. and flows across the 

 plains of Antioch to the shore of 

 tin- K. Mediterranean. S. of H;un:i 

 the valley is followed by the rly. 

 from Aleppo to Beirut and Damas- 

 cus Length. -40 m. 



Oropns. In ancient Greece, a 

 strong seaport on the Euripus, on 

 the borders of Attica and Boeotia. 

 Ijelonging alternately to 

 Athens and the Boeotian league, 

 with intervals of independence, 

 after 146 B.C. it became a Roman 

 provincial town, being again re- 

 stored to the Athenians by Antony 

 or Augustus. The town was cele- 

 brated for the sanctuary of Am- 

 phiaraus (q.r.), a god of healing. 



Oroshaza. Town of Hungary. 

 It is situated on the Alfold, 33 m. 

 N.E. of Szeged, in the co. of Bekes, 

 and has trade in grain. Pop. 22,300. 



Orotava. Town of Teneriffe, 

 Canary Islands. It is near the N. 

 coast, in a beautiful valley, and is 

 a health resort. Bananas, potatoes, 

 wine, and cochineal are exported. 

 Pop. 10,000. 



Orpen, SIR WILLIAM (b. 1878). 

 British painter. Born in Dublin, 

 Nov. 27,1878, he studied at the Dub- 

 lin metropolitan school of art, and 

 theSladeSchool,London,and began 

 to exhibit at the New English Art 

 Club in 1899. He became A.R.A. 

 in 1916, and R.A. in 1919. At 

 first a painter of subject pictures of 



seat 



ORPHEUS 



Sir William Orpen. Le Chef de 1'Hotel Chatham, the painting exhibited at the 



Royal Academy Exhibition of 1921 and later presented by the artist to the 



R.A. as his diploma picture 



Copyright reternd for IA arlill 6y Waller Judt, Lid. 



Orotava, Teneriffe. The town and harbour looking 

 northward from the slopes of the Peak 



chiefly interiors, he developed into 

 one of the most brilliant portrait- 

 ists of the day. During the Great 

 War he was commissioned by the 

 government to paint pictures of 

 the battle scenes and personalities 

 on the western front, and also 

 painted scenes in connexion with 

 the Paris Peace Conference, 1919. 

 These experiences he recounted in 

 An Onlooker in France, 1917-19, 

 published in 1921. His painting, 

 exhibited in the Royal Academy in 

 that year, entitled Le Chef de 1' Hotel 



Chatham. Paris, 



"* aroused widespread 

 interest, and was 

 presented to the 

 R.A. by the artist 

 as his diploma 

 work. He was 

 kniirhted in 1918. 



Orphan (Gr.. 

 destitute). Child 

 or minor deprived 

 by death of father, 

 or father and 

 mother. In the 

 I'.K. the lord chan- 

 cellor is the general 

 guardian of all or- 

 phans.SChildren. 



Orpheus. In Greek mythology, 

 son of the muse Calliope. He was 

 famed for his extraordinary skill 

 with the lyre, bestowed upon him 

 by Apollo. So compelling was his 

 music that not onlv the roasts of 

 the field, but 

 even trees and 

 rocks followed 

 the sounds of 

 his lyre. He 

 accompanied 

 the Argonauts 

 in their expedi- 

 tion to the 

 Black Sea, 

 and lulled 

 to sleep the 

 dragon which 

 guarded the Golden Fleece. 



On the return of the expedition, 

 he settled in Thrace, and there his 

 \\ iff Kurydice (q.v. ) died of a ser- 

 pent bite. Her memory remained 

 with him, and he consistently re- 

 jected the advances of the Thracian 

 women, who, in revenge for his 

 contemptuous treatment, tore him 

 to pieces. The muses set his lyrv 

 among the stars. Tradition repre- 

 sents Orpheus as a poet as well as 

 a musician. See Eurydiiv. 



Sir William Orpen, 

 British painter 



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