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Che Faro Senza Euridice: Orpheus' Lamentation of Selfless LoveComposed in 1762, Gluck's operatic version of Orpheus and Eurydice remains timelessly transformational. Listen to one of the most touching song of lost love in musical history and be grateful for the Orpheus you have in real life.
Through the Looking GlassSeeing Jean Cocteau's classic film Orphée [Orpheus] on an HD televsion is the next best thing to the big screen.- Impulsiveness in MythsIn Greek myth, many mortals act without thinking which eventually leads to their downfall.
- Haunting the Dead Fiction ReviewHaunting the Dead features four novellas set in White Wolf's World of Darkness featuring characters from the Orpheus game line.
- Allegory in Moulin RougeBaz Luhrmann's 2001 film Moulin Rouge is a retelling of the classic Orpheus myth.
- Agnolo Bronzino and Cosimo I De' Medici: An Artist and a PatronBronzino and his chief patron, Duke Cosimo I de' Medici (1519-1574), their relationship and the notable works of art it produced, are the subject of this essay.
- Orpheus and Eurydice in HellSo who said Heaven is the best place to go to have fun?
- The Most Overlooked Hero in Greek Mythology: OrpheusWhat's not to love about ancient Greek mythology? There are all-powerful Gods with human drives and emotions. There are heroes chalk-full of flaws, social hook-ups galore, cheating in every sense of the word, killing, revenge, and more killing. Sure sounds exciting.
- References to Greek Mythology in Margaret Atwood's Poem "Orpheus (1)"In Atwood's feminist take on the original myth, Orpheus loses Eurydice a second time because of his inability to regard her as an individual with free will rather than simply the object of his desire.
- Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Double Set: Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of OrpheusNick Cave, one of Goth's favorite sons is back on the scene with a stunning double album. Playing the tortured poet, he picks up where The Doors, Jim Morrison left off - chanting and crooning poetic musings on religion, nature and love.
- Worlds Apart by Luke LoaghanReview of Luke Loaghan's Worlds Apart
On the Wings of OrpheusObits from the 1890s with flowery prose enough to make the dead weep
Hope for Tomorrow"Tomorrow, Tomorrow!"... It is not just about Little Orphan Annie.- My May Movie-watchingCapsule reviews and ratings of many French, English, Johnnie To, and 2008 movies
Out of SynchDawn may or not be the beginning of a day. Dusk may or may not mark the end, Belief guides the way we organize perception.
