Evslin, Bernard; Evslin, Dorothy; Hoopes, Ned. The Greek Gods (en anglès). Scholastic Inc., 1966, p. 77. ISBN 978-0-590-44110-0. «His father was a Thracian king; His mother the muse Calliope. For a while he lived on Parnassus with his mother and his eight beautiful aunts, and there met Apollo who was courting the laughing muse Thalia. Taken with Orpheus, Apollo gave him his little golden lyre and taught him to play. His mother taught him to make verses for singing»
