Posted by turps on 3/9/2002, 7:55 pm
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/C/corot/orpheus.jpg.html
" his(orpheus') beloved wife Eurydice died at an early age after being bitten by a snake. Orpheus descended into the Underworld, determined to bring her back. The sound of Orpheus' lyre struck deep into the hearts of all the denizens of the kingdom of darkness... Hades resolved that Orpheus would be allowed to take his wife away with him - but on condition that he did not turn round to look at her until he was safely back in the land of living. The couple set off in silence, but shortly before they emerged through the gates of the Underworld Orpheus was suddenly struck by doubts as to the honesty of Hades, known to be a wily character; he turned round to check that Eurydice really was following him, and in a trice she was gone for ever." - greek mythology
i luv greek mytho.
and i love corot.
-turps
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