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Mini Myth: Orpheus, Eurydice, & the Importance of Following Underworld Instructions

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

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Eurydice and the Underworld

Hades and Persephone agreed to let Eurydice leave the underworld. Orpheus must walk in front of her, guiding her, but not looking back until they're both safe. On the banks of the river Styx, Orpheus pleads endlessly with the fairy mencharon for a second time. He gives up and just wanders the wilderness. A group of Maynads found him and thought he was an enemy. They tore him to pieces. And his severed head and his lyre still lamented the loss of Eurydices. But you know, upside, he ended up in the underworld, and so Orpheus and EurydICE were never separated again.

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