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Orpheus glances back at Eurydice, 1806 oil painting by Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein Stub. Orpheus and Eurydice, stone relief, second century, Šempeter, Slovenia; Orpheus and Eurydice, a painting by Titian (c. 1508) Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice, a painting by Poussin (1650–1653) Orpheus and Euridice, a painting by Federico Cervelli
Orpheus is the son of Calliope of the Muses who fell in love with Eurydice the moment he set eyes on her. His love for her was so strong that when she perished from a poisoned snake bite when being chased by the satyr Aristaeus (who is depicted as Pan 's brother in this show), Orpheus travelled down to the Underworld to plead to Hades for her ...
Eurydice's father reads to her from King Lear in a Shimer College production of Eurydice. The play consists of three movements, divided into numerous scenes: 7 in the first movement, 20 in the second movement, and 3 in the third movement. The play begins with Eurydice and Orpheus, two young lovers, who are about to get married.
Nikos Nikolaidis's 1975 film Evrydiki BA 2037 is an innovative perspective on the classic Greek tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice. Anaïs Mitchell's 2010 folk opera musical Hadestown retells the tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice with a score inspired by American blues and jazz, portraying Hades as the
Kaos (stylised as KAOS) is a British mythological dark comedy television series created by Charlie Covell for Netflix.It revolves around three humans as they discover their common connection to a prophecy and to each other while dealing with the corrupt and arrogant gods of Greek mythology.
Eurydice (/ j ʊəˈr ɪ d ɪ s iː /; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη 'wide justice', classical pronunciation: [eu̯.ry.dí.kɛː]) was a character in Greek mythology and the Auloniad wife of Orpheus, whom Orpheus tried to bring back from the dead with his enchanting music.
Orpheus, the son of Apollo and a renowned musician, fell in love with Eurydice, who was bitten by a snake and died. On the gods' advice, Orpheus traveled to the Underworld wherein his music softened the hearts of Hades and Persephone, who agreed to allow Eurydice to return with him to the living world on one condition: he should guide her out ...
Hadestown is a musical with music, lyrics, and book by Anaïs Mitchell.It tells a version of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Eurydice, a young girl looking for something to eat, goes to work in a hellish industrial version of the Greek underworld to escape poverty and the cold, and her poor singer-songwriter lover Orpheus comes to rescue her.