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Literature

Poetry - Orpheus

'Father of Songs' and 'Master of Strings', these names were directly given to Orpheus. The prince who could sing like an angel, he who quickly mastered the lyre. Always singing with all his heart, until the death of his wife Eurydice. That's where the mournful songs started, bringing even the gods and nymphs to tears. Then he traveled to the underworld of Hades, to save his beloved and precious wife. Allowed to bring her back on one condition: to never look back until they reached the surface. Orpheus agreeded and began to search. He searched and searched in the underworld, and finally he had found her standing in the middle. He grabbed