Eurydice

Olympias is definitely one of the better known ancient Macedonian women, however, her control was opposed, not only by men, but by another woman. Born Adea, then changing her name to Eurydice, Adea-Eurydice’s importance rested highly on her royal blood. She combined the lines of Perdiccas and Philip and achieved power through her royal marriage to Arrhidaeus, or Philip III. Adea-Eurydice’s mother, Cynane, was an Illyrian princess, who continued with Illyrian tradition and taught her daughter the

Sarah Ruhl’s play, Eurydice, is a devastating story battling love, grief, life, and death. Although it is set during the 1950’s, the play manages to encompass the ancient Greek myth of Eurydice and Orpheus. The three most evident themes of this play are recurring death, fleeting happiness, and the power of love. The main conflict in this play is ultimately about the painful choice that comes with death; this is often caused by the King of the Underworld. One of the most impressive parts of this

In the play of Eurydice you meet a young man, Orpheus, and women, Eurydice. Eurydice is killed by falling from a staircase after seeing, a nasty interesting man. In the Underworld she meets A Child who is King of the Underworld. The child and the nasty interesting man mirror each other in the play. The audience is able to see how they are both creepy through the nasty interesting man and the child’s actions and words. When Eurydice meets both of these characters the audience gets an uneasy feeling

In the “Odyssey” and “Orpheus and Eurydice” there a few female characters that are key people in these mythological stories. Penelope, Circe, and Eurydice are each very different and play their own important role in their stories. In part 2 of the “Odyssey” there is a female character named Circe. Circe role in the book was to warn Odysseus about the Sirens. Circe is a goddess that pretends to be a nice, attractive, helpful person. But, she was dishonest, untrustworthy, smart person. When she first

In the stories "Orpheus and Eurydice" and "The Odyssey", the two female characters named Circe and Eurydice played important roles. Even though they weren't the main characters or protagonists, their roles still had an impact on the protagonists. In "Orpheus and Eurydice", Eurydice is a young and beautiful woman who became Orpheus's wife.She loved the music that Orpheus would play with his instrument. She also loved dancing and walking in the meadows. It was while walking in the meadow, that she

myth of Orpheus and Eurydice because Orpheus didn’t move on, contradicting the quote to a certain extent. Within the myth, there is also a connection to not only the quote stated above, but also my experience; resulting in another quote that connects with the myth, and finally a connection within the myth of Ceres and Proserpina. The god, ruler of the lower world, commanded that “his eyes must not turn back until he’s passed the valley on Avernus. Just one glance at her (Eurydice, his wife) and all

Sophocles’ play, Antigone, presents conflicts such as Antigone vs. Creon and Antigone vs. Ismene. However, there is an overlooked conflict between Creon and his son, Haemon. This father-son conflict stems from the view that a son should be submissive to his father. However, Haemon does not abide his role of being submissive to his father and tries to entangle himself with his father role, which indirectly results in his death. As well through analysis of Creon’s and Haemon’s relationship gives an

everyone should obey his rules even if they disagree with them. He does not tolerate with those who don’t agree with him and just simply dismisses them with an insulting comment. In the end his actions brought the suicides of Antigone, Haemon, and Eurydice. Each of them taking their own life because of eachother’s death. A king cannot rule by being intolerant. His kingdom will fall

mortal man. Also, while he was an Argonaut, he saved his companions with his singing. Most importantly, he was one of the few who entered the land of the dead and returned alive. He entered the Underworld because of his wife, Eurydice. Tragically, on their wedding day, Eurydice was bitten by a poisonous snake and died. He entered the underworld and

First, in Orpheus and Eurydice by Betty Bonham Lies, two young people fall in love and decide to get married. Since the man named Orpheus plays the lyre very well with such ardor, he is able to mesmerize everyone and everything with his playing. The woman named Eurydice is a wood nymph for whom Orpheus falls in love with for the very first time. They decide to get married, but right after they are married, Eurydice gets killed by a viper. Second, Orpheus decides to travel to the Underworld to ask