Ben Wilson
Joined July 2021
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A lawyer from Australia looking to become a better writer by writing often and about many things.
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Why Orpheus Turns
Preface: In the myth of Orpheus (Or-fee-us) and Eurydice (You-rid-uh-see), Orpheus and Eurydice fall in love. However, Orpheus is a poor singer and songwriter in hard times. Eurydice is lured by Hades, God of the Underworld, to accompany him back to his kingdom in the afterlife with the promise that she need never struggle or go without again. Once there however, she realises that the Underworld is a grim and lifeless place devoid of joy. Orpheus, believing her to have been taken by Hades against her will, goes on an epic journey into the Underworld to find her and bring her back to the land of the living.
By Ben Wilson4 years ago in Poets
