Journeying To The Underworld : Orpheus Flashcards

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Who taught Orpheus how to play the lyre and sing

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Apollo taught him the lyre and his mother calliope taught him to sing

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What power did Orpheus’ song be said to have

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His song was set to enchant gods human or animals. It was believed he had the power to move even inanimate objects e.g. stones and trees, to tears

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When Orpheus was on his quest with Jason and the Argonauts how did he save them

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His melody saved the crew from jumping overboard when they heard the voices of the Sirens

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What happened during lines 1 to 10

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Orpheus’s wedding was taking place. Hyman the God of marriage ceremonies attended but he did not ‘speak with the usual words’ and held a bad expression. These ill-omens foreshadowed the death of Eurydice

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What happen during lines 11 to 39

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Orpheus overcome with grief had charmed Charon and the Cerberus, guardians of the river Styx, with his Song gaining access to the underworld

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What did Orpheus appeal to Pluto and Proserpina

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He stated that ‘all things are destined to be yours’ and that the underworld would eventually be our ‘home’. These comments highlighted in the Roman beliefs about life after death

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What did Orpheus sing about in the underworld

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He sang that although the underworld was Eurydice’s final resting place it was unfair to cut her life on Earth this short this soon

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What happened during lines 40 to 64

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His song echoed in the underworld and even the faces of the Furies were wet with tears. Souls who are subjected to internal damnation stoped and listened

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What was Tantalus’ sin and what was his punishment

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He had served his son Pelops to the gods and to test their omniscience- his punishment was that he would always be reaching for food a water but it would retreat whenever he would reach for it

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What was Ixion’s sin and his punishment

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He committed the first murder before attempting to seduce Hera. He was bound to a fiery wheel which turned for all eternity

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What was Tityus’ sin and what was his punishment

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He attempted to rape Leto and was punished by being pinned to a wall where two vultures would pick on his ever-regenerating liver

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What was Belides’ sin and their punishment

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They killed their husbands on their wedding nights and were punished by being challenged to fill a basin of water however they had to use sieves

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What was sisyphus’ sin and what was his punishment

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Sisyphus had cheated death twice. Zeus punished him by making him roll a boulder up a hill which would fall back down when he reached the top

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What condition did Pluto and Prosperina agree to

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That they would let him take Eurydice but he wasn’t allowed to look back until they had left

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What happened just before Orpheus reached the gates

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Orpheus lost faith and looked back which caused Eurydice to be pulled back into the underworld

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How did Orpheus die

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He was killed by Meanads who were in a frenzied mood