Monday, September 6, 2010

A New Version Of Orpheus

Once upon a time, there was a man named Orpheus. He was son of Calliope. Orpheus was known as the greatest musician who ever lived. He was great at both lyre and the flute! Myth says, he had the ability to turn nature alive. Then one day Orpheus was playing his flute when all of a sudden a tree cracks open. Inside the tree he saw the most beautiful girl.Right then and there he fell in love with the girl who caught his eye. He asked her what was her name. Her response was, Eurydice. As time went by, they got married. And then one day, Eurydice fell in love with the beauty of nature that she ran into a man. This stranger was trying to kidnap her but she escaped. She ran and ran until a snake had bitten her! Orpheus got worried and went searching for her, but sadly he was too late. When he had found her she was dead. He took her back to his people and had agreed to burn her. He had made the worst commitment! He had said that because of Eurydice death no body was allowed to play music. Orpheus then had decided to go to the Underworld to get the Eurydice back. Myth also says he charmed the king with his magical music. The king had told Orpheus to never look back until he was out of the Underworld or Eurydice will never be seen again. Well, naughty Orpheus looked back and had found out his wife had been gone for good. Orpheus had become so sad of his wife's death he began to become lonely. He was so upset he started breaking his lyre to pieces. Women didn't enjoy how this was going that they started to approach him. The more they approached Orpheus the more they killed him. The two Orpheus and Eurydice were never seen again. Unlike most stories, this wasn't a happy ending!