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Orpheus and Eurydice, a ballet choreographed by Dame Ninette de Valois with music by Gluck (1941) [6] Orpheus, a ballet made by choreographer George Balanchine to music by Igor Stravinsky (1948) Orpheus in the Underworld, an album by Don Shirley (1956) Orpheus, a song by New York Rock & Roll Ensemble, from Reflections (Manos Hatzidakis album ...
Orpheus with the lyre and surrounded by beasts (Byzantine & Christian Museum, Athens) The most famous story in which Orpheus figures is that of his wife Eurydice (sometimes referred to as Euridice and also known as Argiope). While walking among her people, the Cicones, in tall grass at her wedding, Eurydice was set upon by a satyr.
In Greek mythology, the primordial deities are the first generation of gods and goddesses.These deities represented the fundamental forces and physical foundations of the world and were generally not actively worshipped, as they, for the most part, were not given human characteristics; they were instead personifications of places or abstract concepts.
Once Aphrodite and her son Eros held a flower-gathering competition. Eros was in the lead until a nymph named Peristera arrived and helped Aphrodite gather more flowers than he had, therefore giving Aphrodite the victory. In anger, Eros transformed Peristera into the homonymous bird, a symbol of Aphrodite. Phene ("vulture") Lammergeier: Zeus
Therefore, Venus [Aphrodite] inspired love for Orpheus in the women of Thrace, causing them to tear him apart as each of them sought Orpheus for herself. [212] Aphrodite personally witnessed the young huntress Rhodopis swear eternal devotion and chastity to Artemis when she joined her group. Aphrodite then summoned her son Eros, and convinced ...
He is the masculine version of Aphrodite. Aphroditus was portrayed as having a female shape and clothing like Aphrodite's but also a phallus, and hence, a male name. [2] This deity would have arrived in Athens from Cyprus in the 4th century BC. In the 5th century BC, however, there existed hermae of Aphroditus, or phallic statues with a female ...
The story of Eurydice may be a late addition to the Orpheus myths. In particular, the name Eurudike ('she whose justice extends widely') recalls cult-titles attached to Persephone. The myth may have been derived from another Orpheus legend in which he travels to Tartarus and charms the goddess Hecate. [10] [clarification needed]
Fragment of a Hellenistic relief (1st century BC–1st century AD) depicting the twelve Olympians carrying their attributes in procession; from left to right: Hestia (scepter), Hermes (winged cap and staff), Aphrodite (veiled), Ares (helmet and spear), Demeter (scepter and wheat sheaf), Hephaestus (staff), Hera (scepter), Poseidon (trident), Athena (owl and helmet), Zeus (thunderbolt and staff ...