Of all the mysteries of Ancient Greece, the Orphic Mysteries based on the myth of Orpheus are the most intriguing.

When Orpheus embarks on a journey to rescue Eurydice from the underworld, he encounters Hades and Persephone, the mythic king ...

When the myth about Eurydice is told it’s really the story of Orpheus: how he falls in love with her, how devasted he is when she gets bitten by a snake and dies, and how he goes to the underworld and ...

Hadestown is a modern, jazz-infused retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Set in the underworld, where love faces off against greed, it follows Orpheus’ journey to rescue his love ...

Part of the enduring appeal of the Orpheus ... of the Underworld (Wiltshire Smith again) is a sinister schoolboy on a hobby horse. Some niggles: in a play supposedly following Eurydice’s story ...

In a haze of revelry and panic, she missteps and is plunged into the underworld. Stricken with grief, Orpheus plots to bring Eurydice back from the dead. The story has also been turned into a ...

Following Orpheus’ (Keaton Guimarães-Tolley) proposal to Eurydice (Eve Ponsonby), temptation to reconnect with her dead father (Dickon Tyrrell) leads Eurydice astray. In a haze of revelry and panic, ...