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Cathal McGuinness is a recent college graduate from Dublin, Ireland. He has been writing short stories and articles from the age of 15. He was awarded the George Dempsey prize for English Prose ...

SANTA CRUZ — Students of Greek mythology are well-versed in the story of Orpheus, the Thracian poet whose wife, Eurydice, is killed by a snakebite and sent to the underworld until he uses music to ...

It’s one of the most oft retold stories of Greek mythology. The beautiful Eurydice, beloved of the musician Orpheus, dies and is confined to Hades. Orpheus uses his musical magic to secure her release ...

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Kaos and The Sandman season 2.The Sandman weaves in and out of Greek mythology, and, in one case, offers a different take on a famous tragic myth that was ...

The classic Greek myth gets a modern, in-verse retelling in the Roslindale resident’s new novel, ‘The Song of Us’ The ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice has taken many forms. The tragic story ...

The earliest mentions of a supreme musician called Orpheus date back to the sixth century BCE, and in the fourth century BCE the philosopher Plato commented specifically on the myth of Orpheus and ...

Greek mythology comes to life in this extraordinary gouache and oil on canvas. The exceptionally rare work likely depicts the tragic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Orpheus, a legendary great hero ...

Orpheus and Eurydice, those doomed lovers of Greek mythology, have long been the fodder of great opera composers, beginning with Claudio Monteverdi in 1607. Gluck's version, which premiered in 1762, ...