Orpheus (Ὀρφεύς) was the demigod child of Apollo and Kalliope (a Muse). He was a very talented lyre player. He was one of the Argonauts that sailed on the Argo with Jason.

What God was Orpheus compared to?

Apollo, as the god of music, gave Orpheus a golden lyre and taught him to play it. Orpheus' mother taught him to make verses for singing. He is also said to have studied in Egypt.

What is Orpheus main flaw?

Despite good intentions, he suffers a reversal of fortune due to his hamartia, or character flaw. In Orpheus' case, this is his dangerous curiosity and incapacity for faith.