Vogue Creates the Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice

The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is a great romantic tragedy. If you missed greek mythology in high school or college, don’t worry, amazing designers are here to recreate the story. You can read the entire story here. 

Here’s quick summary:

Orpheus was a musician who lived in Thrace in the Northwestern portion of Greece. It was said that Apollo was his father and the muse Calliope was his mother because his mastery of music and poetry was rivaled by none. Both humans and beasts of the field flocked to here is enchanting voice. Even inanimate objects could not resist his incredible charms. One day, as he was playing and filling all with delight he saw the beautiful wood nymph Eurydice. She was so enchanted by his music and him by her beauty that they could not take their eyes off each other. They spent every moment together and decided to get married. On their wedding day, a local shepherd, who had tried to conquer Eurydice grew jealous of Orpheus and decided to kill him and kidnap Eurydice. He chased them into the woods causing Eurydice to step on a nest of vipers who bite her and killed her. The Shepherd quit the chase and departed leaving broken-hearted Orpheus to himself. He could not stand to live without her so he decided he would go to the underworld and plead his case with Hades and Persephone via his father Apollo. When Orpheus arrives he plays a mournful song to convince Hades to return his wife to him. The song was so moving that it melted the heart of Persephone and even caused Cerberus to cover his many ears in sorrow. Hades promises Orpheus that he will return Eurydice to him on one condition: he cannot look upon her until they are both in the sun in the upper world. If he looks upon her, she will be returned to the underworld. Orpheus begins his journey to the upper world and just as he is about to return he hears the footfalls of his wife. He wants to hug her immediately but resists the urge and breaks out into the sun. The moment he is in the sun he turns around to look upon her. But he is a moment too soon. She was still in the darkness and because she was not in the sun and he looked upon her, she was swallowed back up into the underworld leaving Orpheus with his sad songs.

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