The Story of Eurydice: Many people wonder where the name Eurydice PR comes from, so here is the story of Greek
mythology's tragic heroine...
Eurydice and Orpheus were young and in love. So deep was their love that they were practically inseparable. So dependent
was their love that each felt they could not live without the other. These young lovers were very happy and spent their
time frolicking through the meadows. One day Eurydice was gaily running through a meadow with Orpheus when she was bitten
by a serpent. The poison of the sting killed her and she descended to Hades immediately.
Orpheus was son of the great Olympian god of music, Apollo, and Orpheus was blessed with musical talents. Orpheus was so
sad about the loss of his love that he composed music to express the terrible emptiness which pervaded his every breath
and movement. He was so desperate and found so little else meaningful, that he decided to address Hades. As the
overseer of the underworld, Hades' heart had to be as hard as steel, and so it was. Many approached Hades to beg for
loved ones back and as many times were refused. But Orpheus' music was so sweet and so moving that it softened the
steel-hearted heart of Hades himself. Hades gave permission to Orpheus to bring Eurydice back to the surface of the
earth to enjoy the light of day. There was only one condition - Orpheus was not to look back as he ascended. He was to
trust that Eurydice was immediately behind him. It was a long way back up and just as Orpheus had almost finished that
last part of the trek, he looked behind him to make sure Eurydice was still with him. At that very moment, she was
snatched back because he did not trust that she was there. When you hear music which mourns lost love, it is Orpheus'
spirit who guides the hand of the musicians who play it.
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