Orpheus and Eurydice

Orpheus and Eurydice is a famed myth of ancient Greece, that tells of love, loss and the power of art. What this paper is set forth to do take a look into this myth by: summarizing it, looking a modern interptition, and viewing some of the authors’ thoughts about this myth. While looking at Ovid’s work you will see the overlying idea of the myth and the summery of it. Then we will go …

…seem that this was not a retelling of the myth but a countinuation of it. The souls of these two people were that of the Greek Orpheus and Eurydice themselves. So in conclusion what I think the myth is about is the power of love. What that power will make people do. Also the power of art and how it can influence people in they way that they think or they way they view things.