Tag: Orpheus

Metamorphoses 10: Orpheus the Misogynist

The silver-tongued Orpheus appeals to Pluto and Proserpina as a couple united by Love (a euphemistic description of the events of Book 5), the same god who brought Eurydice to Orpheus, and as the powerful rulers of all humankind. He even offers to die himself. His song is so beautiful and movin...