根据希腊神话中爱情故事和你自己对爱情的理解写一篇论文,

根据希腊神话中爱情故事和你自己对爱情的理解写一篇论文,
In this part,you can choose one between the two given topics and develop an essay on it with 800—1000 words
In this course,we have learned many love stories of gods,goddesses and heros,for example,Zeus and Europa / Io / Semele / Ganymede,Hades and Persephone,Apollo and Daphne,Aphrodite and Adonis,Persus and Andromeda,Paris and Hellen,Jason and Medea and so on.Please wirte an essay to compare the love stories and illustrate your understanding of Love with convincing argumentation,clear logy and persuasive illustration.
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Orpheus and Eurydice
An Ancient Greek Tale of Desperate Love
Jan 14,2008 Robin Fowler
Devastated by the loss of his beloved wife Eurydice,the Thracian King Orpheus would have done anything to have her back.And he almost succeeded.
Orpheus was the mythical king of Thrace,and the son of the Apollo.It was his lineage,being the son of the Greek god of music,which graced him with an undeniable and intoxicating talent for song.He played the lyre effortlessly,and he sang with a voice so sweet that he literally soothed savage beasts,and even caused the trees to sway toward him in order to listen to his melodies.
Orpheus the hero
Orpheus was among the great Greek heroes.He was not the typical Greek hero in that he was not a great soldier on the battlefield and slayed no mythical beasts.He was heroic for his prodigal talents.As a member of the fabled Argonauts,Orpheus used his captivating voice to calm the rough seas and move the craggy ocean rocks that would have destroyed other ships.And it was Orpheus’ voice that soothed the dragon guarding the Golden Fleece into a deep slumber.
Orpheus and Eurydice
Orpheus fell deeply in love with and married Eurydice,a beautiful nymph.They were very much in love and very happy together.But as is usually the case in any story of true love,al good things must come to an end.
Aristaeus,a Greek god of the land and agriculture,became quite fond of Eurydice,and actively pursued her.Ever the faithful and devoted wife to Orpheus,Eurydice fled his advances – literally.One day,running from Aristaeus led Eurydice right into the path of a snake,who promptly bit and killed her.This,of course,devastated Orpheus.
The Quest for Eurydice
So overcome was Orpheus over the loss of his beloved Eurydice,that he could not bear to live without her.Orpheus decided to get her back,even if it meant using all of his power to retrieve her from the Underworld.
Orpheus traveled to the Underworld,where he sung Cerberus ,the vicious three-headed guard dog,to sleep and was able to convince Hades to let him take Eurydice back to their home with his musical charms.The god imposed one caveat upon Orpheus:if he wanted Eurydice to return home with him,she must travel up from the Underworld behind him,and he could not look upon her until he reached the daylight.
On the journey,Orpheus so desperately wanted to make sure that his beloved was indeed following him,the he could not resist the urge to take a quick look over his shoulder.As he did so,he watched Eurydice disappear from his sight forever,engulfed in black smoke.
Orpheus was more devastated than ever,and he isolated himself in his home of Thrace.Eventually,he was ripped apart by a swarm of scorned local women,upset that he would not participate in a Bacchanalian festival.And so was the end of the life of the lovelorn Orpheus,perhaps reunited for eternity in the Underworld with his desperate love,Eurydice.
Sources consulted:
Bonnefoy,Y.Greek and Egyptian Mythologies.Chicago:University of Chicago Press,1991.
Graves,R.The Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology.Barnes and Noble Books,1994.