Eurydice

Perhaps known to some through the Broadway musical of Hadestown, the mythical love story of Orpheus and Eurydice begins (in some versions) after Orpheus bests the Sirens with his musical skills, saving Jason’s Argonauts from their snare. Orpheus marries his beloved Eurydice, but she dies soon after their wedding. Not content simply to eulogize Eurydice in song, Orpheus journeys to the underworld and uses music to muzzle Cerberus, charm Charon, an...