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from Orpheus
by fraserswi73
Orpheus glances back at Eurydice, 1806 oil painting by Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein-Stub.
Orpheus looking back to check that Eurydice was still coming, and then Eurydice being pulled back into the underworld after Orpheus breaks his promise.
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Orpheus and Eurydice, Emily Balivet, 2012.
Orpheus holding his harp and looking back at Eurydice, breaking the promise he made to Hades. Eurydice then being pulled back into the underworld, with skulls surrounding.
Egyptian tapestry roundel with Orpheus and Apollo, 5th–6th century CE.
A tapestry which shows both Orpheus and Eurydice and the harp. Interesting to note the visual of the harp even in a visual from the 5th-6th Century.
