collection, there are several passages which indicate the work was written as though composed by Orpheus: Orphic Hymn 76 to the Muses mentions "mother Calliope", and Orphic Hymn 24 to the Nereids refers to "mother Calliope and lord Apollo", alluding to the parentage of Orpheus (whose mother was said to be Calliope, and his father, at times, Apollo).

The Orphic Hymns are among the few extant works of Orphic literature,