Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Euridice- Orpheus by : alejandra Villamil


Hi, my name is Euridice, I was killed by a poisonous snake the day of my wedding. My boyfriend Orpheus, was so sad that he decided to come for me to the underworld. He decided to sang to the queen Persephone who was so happy because of his beautifull voice and his music that acceopted to convince Hedes the king of the underworld to let me go with him. Hedes accepted but with one condition: He should not look upon me, until we were back on the land of living . We were just right to arrive but my boyfriend didnt trust I was behind him and look toward were I was walking. Hermes inmediatly took me back to the underworld. So sad was Orpheus that he decided to life sometime on the wildlife until one day that the meanads came to hear his wonderfull voice sing, but happened that his sadness make his voice dissapear completely. So the meanads were son angry that they killed Orpheus and throw him through a river that took him to the island of Lesbos were there he came to the underworld to be again with me forever.....


http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/webtexts/eurydice/eurydicemyth.html

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/o/orpheus.html

http://www.mythweb.com/encyc/entries/eurydice.html

Alejandra V