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65 - Seneca, The Madness of Hercules

Cost of Glory

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Orpheus and Eurydice

Orpheus, this mythical musician who could charm the rocks and the stop a river in its course with his song. He persuades Hell to let her come back into the light to come back to life. And he has to walk back up the passage with her, leading her, but he can't look at her. That's the deal that he makes with death. So it's a very tragic story. But I'll read it here for you.

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