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When Eurydice finds herself in Hades, she is mocked and tormented by demons. Can she be rescued by her husband Orpheus before her last spark of humanity is dest
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A “deeply emotional . . . lyrical and haunting” debut that reimagines the Orpheus myth as a love story between two teen girls who are sent to conversion the
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“[A] startlingly original history that traces the obscure origins and tangled relationships of the Orpheus myth from ancient times through today” (Library J
Orpheus and Greek Religion
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The tales told of Orpheus are legion. He is said to have been an Argonaut--and to have saved Jason's life. Rivers are reported to have stopped their flow to lis