Orpheus and Eurydice one of the most tragic love stories of all time.

Would you travel to the underworld in the name of love?

Orpheus was a musician, in fact, he was the best musician that ever lived.

Orpheus’s music could make anyone fall in love, his music could make people cry but they would never want to stop listing.

His music even enchanted the animals and people would beg him to play forever.

All the girls loved him, he had his choice of all the women in Greece and beyond.

Orpheus was also hopelessly in love with a young woman named Eurydice.

Eurydice was beautiful, but that was not the only reason why Orpheus loved her. She was intelligent and kind.

She was joyful and thoughtful, and the best part was, she loved Orpheus as much as he loved her. True love, she loved him for who he was, even if he wasn’t the best musician of all time.

They soon decided to get married. On their wedding day, Orpheus and Eurydice took a walk. It was their first as husband and wife. It would also be their last.

As they walked, Aristaeus (The minor god of beekeeping) caught sight of Eurydice and instantly fell desperately in love. Orpheus soon started to wander off, farther and farther away from Eurydice.

Aristaeus saw this as his chance. He leaped to his feet and started to chase Eurydice. The girl screamed and ran through the forest trying to escape when she suddenly stepped on a poisonous snake. Aristaeus feeling ashamed ran off.

Orpheus heard the screams of his wife and soon found her body lying on the forest floor. He played his lyre, and on it, he played the most beautiful, sorrowful song he would ever play in dedication to his one and only love.

He walked the earth for weeks playing his song. The people and animals wept in his midst. He would not stop. Soon he decided that if he could not have his wife back, he would go get her himself, from the underworld.

No mortal had ever traveled to the realm of Hades and returned. Orpheus was ready to die in order to be with Eurydice, but dying was not his plan. He planned to bring Eurydice back from the land below.

So, he started his journey with nothing but his lyre. Finally, he entered the underworld, but Cerberus, Hades’s three-headed guard dog would not let him in. So, of course, Orpheus played his lyre. The huge beast started to sway back and forth and soon fell into a deep sleep.

He went on like this all the way to the palace of Hades. He entered the throne room, lyre in hand and begged Hades to set his wife free.

“Please, can you please return my beautiful wife, Eurydice to me?”

Orpheus played his lyre as he spoke, Hades was so enchanted by the beautiful music that he agreed to set Eurydice free. On one condition.

“You may lead Eurydice out, but you will not be able to hear her or touch her. If you look at her before you leave the realm of the dead, she will be instantly sent back to the underworld”.

Orpheus was overjoyed, he groveled at Hades feet and thanked the god. He started to lead Eurydice out of the underworld. As soon as he grew near to the entrance he started to doubt if Eurydice was even there.

He finally couldn’t stand it anymore, he looked at her, but all he saw was her form fading away, the last part of Eurydice he saw was her loving and forgiving face, disappear.

Orpheus spent the rest of his days grieving the loss of his beautiful wife until one day he meets his end by being ripped apart by a group of Nymphs called the Maenads.

Maybe Orpheus was reunited with Eurydice in death, no one can be sure. Surely, this is one of the greatest and most tragic love stories of all time?