( Log Out / I only really read literature, literature from authors I've researched, whom I know are, if nothing else, interesting. After the personal story was done, it felt like the rest was done to add interest or excitement and became increasingly less believable for me. ( Log Out / Unfortunately, he got only a glimpse of Eurydice before she was once again drawn back into the underworld. No, literary allusions should never detract from a book, but enhance it. [5], Orpheus was believed to be the founder and prophet of the “Orphic mysteries”, as well as credited with the authorship of the so called “Orphic hymns”, a somewhat late Hellenistic compilation of poems addressed to the various gods and goddesses that were pre-eminent in the Orphic Theogony, a somewhat alternative representation of the divine order of the universe than presented by Hesiod. The analogy of "not looking back" is of great importance to both stories. It’s always notable when you find those books whose source material is a little lesser-known than the most popular tales, or perhaps not retold as frequently. He should wait for Eurydice to get into the light before he looked at her. His heart however was saved by Athena before he could be killed forever, and through this act of kindness and empathy he is born again. However, apart from a musical talent, Orpheus also had an adventurous character. I could accept her sexual activity. Little is known about the life of this pseudo-mythical figure other than it believed by modern and ancient scholars alike that he was in fact an historical figure, the notable exception being Aristotle, who – depending upon how you interpret the quotations from later authors from whom Aristotle’s opinion is summarized – doubted not only his existence but also his authorship of the poems, the Rhapsodies, that bear his name.
His mother gave him the gift of music and Thrace where he grew up fostered it. [3] Having said that, with respect to what can be known about the historical figure of Orpheus if he did indeed exist, it is perhaps worth quoting a modern day scholar (and arguably a modern day “devotee”) on the subject, whose words sum up the situation quote nicely: This alone may be depended on, from general assent, that there formerly lived a person named Orpheus, whose father was Œagrus, who lived in Thrace, and who was the son of a king, who was the founder of theology, among the Greeks; the institutor of their life and morals; the first of prophets, and the prince of poets; himself the offspring of a Muse; who taught the Greeks their sacred rites and mysteries, and from whose wisdom, as from a perpetual and abundant fountain, the divine muse of Homer, and the philosophy of Pythagoras, and Plato, flowed; and, lastly, who by the melody of his lyre, drew rocks, woods, and wild beasts, stopped the rivers in their course, and ever, moved the inexorable king of hell; as every page, and all the writings of antiquity sufficiently evince. These cultures are thousands of miles, and in some cases, thousands of years apart, yet there are similarities. The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is one of the most famous and beloved Greek myths. Joseph Paelinck, a Belgian pupil and follower of Jacques-Louis David, painted Orpheus and Eurydice around 1815-20, as a more romanticized form of Neoclassicism overtook the heroism and politicized content that had dominated academic history painting through the years of the French Revolution and Napoleonic campaigns. Moreover, many operas, songs and plays have been composed to honour these two great lovers who tragically lost the chance to enjoy their love. If you observe the above myth closely, you will find a comparison between this ancient Greek myth and a scene from the Bible. A mod with a dark and brooding atmosphere. [6] For a complete translation of the ancient text/fragments, see Hymns of Orpheus, translated by Thomas Taylor, 1792. http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/hoo/, Categories: Ancient Civilization, Ancient Cosmology, Tags: Bacchus, Cosmogony, Derveni Papyrus, Dionysus, Greek Mystery Cults, Hesiod, Orpheus, Orphic Mysteries, Orphic Rhapsodies, Rhapsodies, Theogony. Close encounters of the third kind: Heliodorus in the temple and Paul on the road to Damascus, Chapter Twelve. But Orpheus had no rival there or anywhere except the gods alone. As the story is related by Herodotus (who does not mention Orpheus specifically but indirectly as it related to the poems of the Muses) he tells us, consistent with Aristotle in fact (or perhaps Aristotle’s reference is from Herodotus) that these poems of the Muses (Musaios) were actually the works of Onomakritos, who inserted his own “forgeries” into the poems themselves and was therefore banished from Athens by the son of Pesistratos, Hipparchos.
Notably however, Orpheus is not mentioned in either the works of Homer or Hesiod, speaking to an independent theological tradition, at least in the first few centuries of the first millennium BCE after which it was clearly integrated and synthesized into Hellenic mythological and cultural lore. Presenting Orpheus. GOTHIC ORPHEUS PROJECT 2.0 Travel to the land gaming forgot. She finds herself in the bowels of the subway drawn in by the haunting sounds of musician Mishka Bartok's violin. However, I don't think it was Lot who looked back and turned into a pillar of salt; it was his wife who disobeyed and was punished. Plato in particular in one quotation from the Apology places Orpheus in the same category as Hesiod and Homer, as well as the Muses themselves, as having knowledge of divine mysteries as well as being objects of reverence. The book was recommended to me as a really great read, but I must tell you that I was somewhat disappointed! While it’s a fairly damaged papyrus scroll, the bulk of the text has been recovered after much painstaking research and it consists of a running commentary on Orphic theogony, giving us insight and corroborating evidence of Orphic theogony proper, but also of a fairly early tradition of theo-philosophical interpretations of theogony in general, this one most likely coming from a school associated with Anaxagoras given the prominent role of “Mind” throughput the text.
The Thracians were the most musical of the peoples of Greece. It was there supposedly that Apollo initiated him into the great “mysteries” to which many of the practices and rites of the esoteric “mystery cults” of ancient Greece were associated.
Canonical and alternative creation myths, Chapter Two.
Aristaeus, a shepherd, had plotted a plan to conquer the beautiful nymph. Genius! Terms and Conditions | Privacy Statement | Accessibility, Making Sense of Illustrated Handwritten Archives, Chapter One. Genesis 19. Books that make literary allusions should not be seen as inaccessable. We're giving away a $250 gift card to Barnes and Noble. I could accept Cobb's fatal desire for her as well as her strong connection (sexual and emotional though the sexu. After a suicide bombing, Leela is interrogated by her ex-boyfriend and ex-best friend Cobb, who has become a mercenary and has a personal interest in tying Leela's current lover to the terrorist incident. An inversion of the Orpheus myth where our hero gets trapped in the Underworld and his lover Eurydice orchestrates his release. The moment he stepped on the world of the living, he turned his head to hug his wife. © document.write(new Date().getFullYear()); Greeka. The analogy of "not looking back" is of great importance to both stories. I could accept Cobb's fatal desire for her as well as her strong connection (sexual and emotional though the sexual was more obvious for most of the story) with Mishka but Berg as well?
The girl was called Eurydice, she was beautiful and shy. Hence his, and less directly Orpheus’s, association with not only Persephone, the goddess of the underworld (death and rebirth), but also the goddess of the harvest and the spring, Demeter. JavaScript is disabled. But she’s haunted too, and convinced that she’s being followed by an evil spirit and it’s only a matter of time before tragedy strikes again. Born in 1942, Janette Turner Hospital grew up on the steamy sub-tropical coast of Australia in the north-eastern state of Queensland. And don't worry, you don't need to know the tale of Orpheus to get this story, but it certainly deepened my understanding and appreciation of the plot and character development.
(Note: This is the third in a series, but can be read as a standalone if you wish!). There has been an explosion in the subway; t, Leela is a mathematician who has escaped her Southern hometown to study in Boston. Leaving aside the obvious questionable attribution of the inspiration and source of the works of Homer, Pythagoras and Plato being from Orpheus himself, this quite eloquent view of the figure of Orpheus does represent the view of the “inner circle” of Orphic believers in antiquity however, reflecting not only the great influence that his life and works were believed to have had, but also the “secret” nature of the “mystery cults” and rites that were so closely associated to the figure himself. There the Muses found them and gave Orpheus a proper burial ceremony. The personal side of things I enjoyed: the global foray into terrorism, not so much. I love Hospital's writing, and I think even if you didn't enjoy Orpheus Lost, you can't deny the skill of Hospital as an author. ", This was a complex interweaving of the Orpheus/Euriydice myth with questions around power and control, identity and love. :(. The god, or cult, of Dionysus in ancient Greece – and through Roman times as well where he was worshipped as Bacchus – is closely associated with death and rebirth and divine ecstasy, which in turn was closely associated with wine, which in turn was associated with fertility and the spring, again rebirth. Orpheus and lot. In fact, the two traditions surrounding these two “prophets”, if we may call them that, come from basically the same period in ancient history albeit from two different, but closely related, regions. There have been a few posts here comparing mythology to the Bible. Then one day Leela is picked up off the street and taken to an interrogation center somewhere outside the city.
Within this poetic compilation we also find verses dedicated to major “naturalistic” concepts that played an important role in early Hellenic philosophy such as Law, Justice, Equity, Health, etc. We hope that publishing will continue to prioritize diverse retellings by authors of color! This is a loose Orpheus and Eurydice retelling, as Raya loves Greek mythology and compares a lot of her struggles to the Greek tragedies. Thus, at about 100 pages in, I found myself unimpressed and unsure I wanted to continue to read a story I had already heard a million times.
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