Of all the mysteries of Ancient Greece, the Orphic Mysteries based on the myth of Orpheus are the most intriguing.
Orpheus must lead the way out of the underworld and he must not look round to see Eurydice until they are both back in the upper world.
but violated the condition that he should not look at her until he left the underworld--and so he lost her. Back on earth, Orpheus was torn apart by women jealous of his love for Eurydice.
He is told he can as long as he doesn’t look back, but since people can never follow ... Most were focused on Orpheus, but in Sarah Ruhl’s play, Eurydice, coming to the UC Santa Cruz on November 10, ...
Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice is a different perspective from the mythical story of Orpheus and Eurydice. The play follows Eurydice into the underworld where she finds her father and has to fight to ...
In the warmth of summertime, songwriter Orpheus and his muse Eurydice are living it up and falling in love. But as winter approaches, reality sets in: these young dreamers can't survive on songs ...
“After Eurydice” began with a haunting rendition of the song “Seikilos Epitaph,” performed in Greek by the show’s ensemble ...
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