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<p>"[A] startlingly original history that traces the obscure origins and tangled relationships of the Orpheus myth from ancient times through today" ( Library Journal ). For at least two and a half millennia, the figure of Orpheus has haunted humanity. Half-man, half-god, musician, magician, theologian, poet, and lover, his story never leaves us. He may be myth, but his lyre still sounds, entrancing everything that hears it: animals, trees, water, stones, and men. In this extraordinary work, Ann Wroe goes in search of Orpheus, tracing the man and the power he represents through the myriad versions of a fantastical life: his birth in Thrace, his studies in Egypt, his voyage with the Argonauts to fetch the Golden Fleece, his love for Eurydice and the journey to Hades, and his terrible death. We see him tantalizing Cicero and Plato, and breathing new music into Gluck and Monteverdi; occupying the mind of Jung and the surreal dreams of Cocteau; scandalizing the fathers of the early Church, and filling Rilke with poems like a whirlwind. He emerges as not simply another mythical figure but the force of creation itself, singing the song of light out of darkness and life out of death. "Did

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Author

(Greek mythological character) Orpheus;Wroe, Ann

Publisher

The Overlook Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781468301816

Category

nonfiction

Rating

3.85 / 5 (56 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14