2. Orpheus - Epic Hero or Drama Queen?

The myths, tales, and concepts of ancient Greece echo and reach
into every aspect of modern life. Often misunderstood, frequently
romanticised, and sometimes deliberately twisted - to understand
their origins and truth is to get a real glimpse into the universal
themes that connect us to the past and each other. Welcome to
Podyssey with Alex Andreou. Each week we will take one myth, one
concept, person, place, or theme from Ancient Greece, take it
apart, figure out its inner workings, trace its influence, juice it
for its wisdom, reimagine, update and put it back together - all
shiny and new!  …  Orpheus and his lyre. Orpheus and
Euridice. Orpheus and the Argonauts. Orpheus in the Underworld.
Orpheus and his lament. Orpheus and his pain. Orpheus, Orpheus,
Orpheus. The quintessential suffering artist. The shining example
of love’s triumph over even death.  Or maybe just a
performative, entitled, 'singer-songwriter' nepo-baby . Written and
presented by Alex Andreou Expert contributions by Alexandra
Angeletaki-Røe, Debbie Challis, Linda Marric, and Dr Ruth Smith
Exec. Producers Naomi Smith & Kenny Campbell Music by Marianna
Sangita Artwork by Simona Kanellou For Cooler Heads, in
collaboration with Sandstone Global NOTES MUSIC  Roy Henderson
- Orpheus with his lute - PRIVATE COLLECTION  Reinhold Glière
- Harp Concerto In B Flat Major, Op. 4, Larghetto - on
YOUTUBE    Salli Terri & Laurindo Almeida - Black is
the color - on SPOTIFY  Oluf Dimitri Røe - Sabouna of Mykonos
- on SPOTIFY  Elena Polonska - Ciaccona - on YOUTUBE 
Monteverdi - L’Orfeo “Tu sei morta” Enrico de Franceschi (Orfeo) -
PRIVATE COLLECTION  Glück - Orfeo e Euridice “Ché faró senza
Euridice” Nan Merriman (Orfeo) - Telephone Hour TV ARCHIVE 
Pedro Infante - Soy Infeliz - on SPOTIFY  Marianna Sangita
& Oluf Dimitri Røe - Lafina (The Doe) - on SPOTIFY Korngold -
Die Tote Stadt “Glück das mir verblieb” Ilona Steingruber &
Anton Dermota - on YOUTUBE Billie Holiday - “I’ll be seeing
you” - on SPOTIFY FILM Coco (2017)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2380307/   Orphée (1950)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041719/  Orfeu Negru (1959)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053146/   Inception (2010)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/   The English
Patient (1996) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116209/  
Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101452/   Chinatown (1974)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071315/  Apocalypse Now (1979)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/  Contact (1997)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118884/  What Dreams May Come
(1998) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120889/  Pet Sematary
(2019) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0837563/  Weekend at
Bernie’s (1989) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098627/  Death
becomes her (1992) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104070/ 
Vertigo (1958) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052357/  Portrait
of a Lady on Fire (2019)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8613070/  Fitzcarraldo (1982)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083946/  ARTWORK  Orpheus
embracing his lyre by Unknown  Red figure vase depicting the
head of Orpheus by Unknown here and here. More about
red-figure pottery  Examples of Orpheus charming the
animals here, here, here, here, here, and here. An example of
Orphic Christ “Nymphs finding the head of Orpheus” by
Waterhouse  “Thracian Girl carrying the Head of Orpheus on his
Lyre” by Moreau “Euridice dying” by Lebœf “Orpheus leading Euridice
from the Underworld” by Cortot  Vergil’s version of the
Orpheus myth  More about the Derveni Papyrus  Reiner
Maria Rilke’s “Sonnets to Orpheus” Learn more about your ad
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