Orpheus and Eurydice, perhaps, left out divisions of play (5)
I believe the answer is:
overs
'orpheus and eurydice perhaps' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'left out divisions of play' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'over' (I've seen this before).
'out' means to remove the last letter.
'divisions of play' becomes 'rs' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'over' with its final letter removed is 'ove'.
'ove'+'rs'='OVERS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for overs that I've seen before include "Periods of play" , "they may be limited internationally" , "Divisions of play in cricket" , "Series of balls in cricket" , "Sets of six balls bowled" .)