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bbernardini

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Wed Jan-05-05 02:06 PM
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Orpheus.

What's the ending of the Orpheus/Eurydice story you know? I've heard several different endings.

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Jesus H. Christ

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Wed Jan-05-05 02:08 PM
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1. He looks back. She vanishes.

I think he later dies, can't remember.

Why, have they rewritten somewhere to make it a happy ending?

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nickgutierrez

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Wed Jan-05-05 02:08 PM
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2. Fuckin' Disney...

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Jesus H. Christ

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Wed Jan-05-05 02:11 PM
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3. Serious?

I know they fucked up an awful lot with Hercules, didn't know they did Orpheus.

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nickgutierrez

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Wed Jan-05-05 02:12 PM
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4. No.

It just sounds like something they would do. :)

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bbernardini

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Wed Jan-05-05 02:14 PM
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5. What I mean is how he dies...

I've heard two versions:

1. A bunch of Hedonists ask him to come to a party to forget about losing Eurydice. He refuses, and they kill him.

2. A bunch of women want to be Orpheus' new girlfriend. He refuses, and they chop his head off and throw it in the river.

An alternate addition to either one of these is that one of the big-name Roman gods sees all this, feels bad, and turns Orpheus into a constellation so he can be in the sky with Eurydice forever.

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Jesus H. Christ

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Wed Jan-05-05 02:32 PM
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7. I've heard number 2.

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miss_kitty

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Wed Jan-05-05 02:18 PM
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6. Try 'Orphee' by Cocteau

One of my favourite films. Strays from the Greek version, but is good, nonetheless.
She disappears when he looks back. He loses her for all time-that's the original story, IIRC.

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