Original sentence: As one of the pioneers of civilization, he is said at various times to have taught humanity the arts of medicine, writing (in one unusual instance where he substitutes for the usual candidate, Cadmus) and agriculture, where he assumes the Eleusinian role of Triptolemus.More consistently and more closely connected with religious life, Orpheus was an augur and seer; practised magical arts, especially astrology; founded or rendered accessible many important cults, such as those of Apollo and the Thracian god Dionis (Dionysus); instituted mystic rites both public and private; and prescribed initiatory and purificatory rituals, which his community of followers treasured in Orphic texts.Orpheus was a figure describes as a chief among poets and musicians, king of the Thracian tribe of Cicones
Edited sentence: Orpheus was a mythological figure described as a chief among poets and musicians, king of the Thracian tribe of Cicones