Rescuing the Living and the Dead: The Orpheus Myth Rewritten

We need to hear the Song of the Second Orpheus to run the race

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The idea of descending into the Underworld to rescue one’s beloved is as ancient as the world itself. Very few venture there. Orpheus, the son of Apollo, loved the beautiful nymph Eurydice so much that he followed her to hell and faced Hades himself.

He went down with his celestial music and accomplished the unthinkable. After hearing his i…