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The Magic Lyre: The Legend of Orpheus and Eurydice

By Nanette Purcigliotti
Hardcover
$22.99
By Nanette Purcigliotti
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The legend of Orpheus and Eurydice is one of the most famous and tragic of all Greek myths. After researching the myriad versions of this myth, retold and explored in various forms by filmmakers, musicians, and artists, the author decided to craft her own rendition. Her primary source was "Metamorphoses, Book X." As the story goes, when Orpheus's bride, Eurydice, with her fragile beauty, disappears on the day of their wedding, Orpheus strums his six-stringed lyre, and sings melancholy songs...