1. Orpheus and Eurydice Power Point by: Jacey L. Sharnese W. Jacob D. Carrie O.

2. Orpheus greatest of all human musicians played the lyre had been married Eurydice mother is Calliope father is either Oeagrus of Thrace or greek god Apollo http ://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/mythology/orpheus.html Chttp ://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/mythology/orpheus.html

3. Eurydice married to Orpheus forest nymph died from snake bite decended to Hades

4. Apollo son of Zeus and Leto God of music maybe father of Orpheus leader of the muses

5. Hades brother of Zeus lord of the underworld god of wealth wife is Persephone

6. Maenads followers of the gods of the vines woman sacred to dionysus able to perform miracles killed Orpheus for disputed reasons

7. Persephone Goddess of the underworld Goddess of the harvest daughter of Zeus and Demeter in underworld 1/3 of the year

8. THE STORY

9. Metaphysical Function Orpheus goes to the underworld. - how people relate to the unknown and teaches how the underworld is concidered real enough that orpheus could go to it. Orpheus was the son of Apollo, the god of music. - humans relationship to the gods and explains how humans and Gods can interact directly as well as spiritually.

10. Cosmological Function A viper stung Eurydice and she died - humans relationship to nature (man vs. nature). Explains how human life can be determined by nature. When Orpheus would play his lyre the rocks, trees and animals would come closer to him -it explains humans relationship with the physical universe (things we can touch, see, smell, hear, taste).

11. Sociological Function Orpheus marries Eurydice. -it explains humans relationship to each other. how they should interact in groups/relationships. A band of Maenads killed Orpheus tearing him limb from limb -humans reactions to each other that can result in the loss of one's life (man vs. man).

12. Psychological Function Orpheus's grief was overwhelming when Eurydice died -explains how society expects people to deal with problems and everyday occurrances. Orpheus needed to look back to be sure that Eurydice was behind him -its shows how humans are curious and give in to temptations. (man vs. self)

13. Allusions Christoph Willibald Gluck- "Orphee et Eurydice" (music) Orpheus (film) Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer, 1801 (literature) o "...Did Thracian shepherd by the grave o Of Orpheus hear a sweeter melody..." Orpheus and Euridice by George Frederick Watts (art)

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