Orpheus and Eurydice

This is the story of Orpheus and Eurydice from Roman Mythology.

Orpheus and Eurydice get married in the woods.
A couple days later, Eurydice is strolling through the woods and picking flowers, enjoying the day. While wandering, she gets bitten by a snake and is killed. Orpheus comes to find her in the woods and discovers the body.

Distraught, Orpheus turns around only to be addressed by a wood nymph who tells him he needs to go to the underworld and persuade Pluto (Hades) to let him have his wife back. The determined Orpheus grabs his lyre, his backpack, and heads off on his journey to the underworld.

After descending into the underworld, Orpheus boards the ferry across the river Styx and pays his toll to the ferryman, Charon. Once he makes it across he comes to find Cerberus, Pluto's three-headed dog. Using quick thinking and his excellent skill with his lyre, Orpheus distracts the beast with a beautiful song.

At long last, he stumbles into the lair of Pluto and Persephone. Orpheus pleads his story and plays a song for the lords of the underworld. The song melts their hearts and Pluto agrees to give Eurydice back to Orpheus and the mortal world of the living.... On one condition.... Orpheus is not to look back at Eurydice until they are out of the underworld.

They make it.... almost. Right as they reach the exit to the underworld, Orpheus can't help himself and looks back. The very moment he looks back, Eurydice is gone forever. Burdened with his failure, Orpheus loses hope and his drive to leave the underworld and collapses right then and there.


The (sad, sad) end.


ALSO the song is "Point to Point" by Animals As Leaders

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• roman mythology
• orpheus and eurydice
• mythology

[roberte127]

thank you so much!

[HawkeyeChuii]

omg this is so good! awesome work :)

[TheKillerCucumber]

Used this in a Lit project. Good job :P