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Why did Orpheus enter the Underworld?

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Orpheus wanted his wife to be alive again so he went down to the Underworld and tried to appease Hades and Persephone, as they ruled the Underworld and thus would allow a dead person to be resurrected. read more

Orphée aux enfers, whose title translates from the French as Orpheus in the Underworld, is an opéra bouffe (a form of operetta), or opéra féerie in its revised version. Its score was composed by Jacques Offenbach to a French text written by Ludovic Halévy and later revised by Hector-Jonathan Crémieux. read more

One day Eurdice was gaily running through a meadow with Orpheus when she was bitten by a serpent. The poison of the sting killed her and she descended to Hades immediately. Orpheus was son of the great Olympian god Apollo. In many ways Apollo was the god of music and Orpheus was blessed with musical talents. read more

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PASSIONATE PAINTINGS - Orpheus and Eurydice
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Orpheus, Ancient Greek Hero
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SparkNotes: The Aeneid: Book VI
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