At the beginning of every unit in Latin we do a culture sheet to have a better understanding of Roman Culture, this unit we were talking about the dead. So in class we discussed several Greek myths regarding the underworld like Sisyphus, Ixion, and Tantalus, but the one that interested me the most was Orpheus and Eurydice. Orpheus, said to be son of Apollo God of music, fell in love with Eurydice and they got married; however, on their wedding day Eurydice stepped on a snake was bitten and died. Orpheus burdened with grief, made his way to the underworld, which is said you are not able to come back from, and played his music for Hades and Persephone. He was able to convince them to let Eurydice go, but dealing with a God there was a catch, Eurydice would follow him to the upper world but Orpheus couldn't look back at her only hearing her light footsteps. …show more content…
Why I found this to be so interesting was it sounds like it was an easy task for Orpheus to be able to go back to the upper world with Eurydice right behind him, but when you think about it it really isn't so easy, and I can identify with this sometimes more than others because being a runner I am always turning my head to see who is behind me and how far away they are or if I didn't know someone was behind me and I hear footsteps I always turn around. I think there were two major themes in this myth which were death and the essence of fading