Although it was a short-lived periodical, it significantly contributed to the intellectual debate took place in Fascist Italy.
Orpheus was started in Milan in 1932, and its first issue appeared in December that year.
[4] Orpheus had a radical and avant-garde approach and covered high cultural matters.
[5] Its target audience was university students and anti-Fascist youth living in Milan.
[3] Orpheus was regularly distributed to book stores, but had less than fifty subscribers.