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75Ovid the Exile: World Poetry Project
When working with ancient authors, we most often know them through their translators, and if we have been reading them for a long time, we have gone through several translators, changing the version of the author we favor with the arrival of new...
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63Movie Review - Orpheus (1950 – France)
In 1950, one of films most original writer/directors, set the classic myth of Orpheus & Eurydice in contemporary Paris and created a masterpiece. Death falls in love with a mortal, and all Hell breaks loose! A must-see for anyone who loves movies.
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75Orpheus and Eurydice. A love story that inspired a famous opera.
Orpheus entered The Underworld to retrieve his beloved wife Eurydice. Read on to find out how it went. They at least inspired a famous opera.
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64Orpheus and Eurydice
If you love the story about ''Romeo and Julia'' you'll surely love the first love story written way before the Shakespeare.
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67Divas, plus a Divo
A little more self-indulgence. I was looking at my last hub, and thinking how much I enjoyed creating it, and noting with something close to gratitude some really nice comments.Please note: I use the word “nice” in its proper sense. The...
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67Eurydice finds eternal freedom
Eurydice finds eternal freedom Eurydice is a soul lost in space and time. She loses everything that makes her whole and our final moments are, arguably, one of the most tragic endings to a story ever told. In playing Eurydice through dance I...
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82Questions About Ancient Myths -- Myths That Travel
In the treasure trove of myth and fairy lore there are many tales that have been told in all lands and in all ages. There are the stories of the knight that slays the dragon and rescues the maiden; of the phoenix that, Ovid tells us, lives on frankincense and other fragrant gums; the roc -- the giant bird that carried Sindbad the Sailor to the Valley of the Diamonds; the well-frog that swallowed all the water in the world; and a host of other stories. In one form or another, such tales are famil
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89Antigone-Literary Analysis
Introduction: Many writers have been interested in the theme of loyalty and betrayal, from ancient Sophocles and his master piece “Antigone”, to Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” , to Carmen Taffola’s “Marked” and finally...
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