The Man Who Travelled to the Underworld to Find His Lost Love

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  • Today we take a look at some more Greek mythology with the tragic tale of Orpheus, the man who travelled to the underworld to find his wife.
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  • @sammyyo461
    @sammyyo461 2 роки тому +87

    in one version of the tale it said, Eurydice was following Orpheus close behind on their way back out of the Underworld, but Orpheus stopped hearing Eurydice's footsteps behind him. Thinking she was lost behind or Orpheus was tricked, he turned around to check to see if Eurydice was still there & He made eye contact with her as she was still there following him the whole time.

    • @angelicentity1401
      @angelicentity1401 2 роки тому +26

      could've just said " ay! you still behind me?"

    • @canaisyoung3601
      @canaisyoung3601 Рік тому +3

      That sounds like an edited version they use for American public schools.

    • @ciaomamabella
      @ciaomamabella Рік тому +2

      @@canaisyoung3601 LOLLLL😂 IT TOTALLY DOES😂😂😂

  • @BovineDesigns
    @BovineDesigns 2 роки тому +86

    "Remember Orpheus, no matter what don't look back."
    *looks back*
    "What was that honey?"

  • @javgamer722
    @javgamer722 2 роки тому +199

    Orpheus you had one job.

    • @tefoe2223
      @tefoe2223 2 роки тому +5

      😆

    • @cowpoke3702
      @cowpoke3702 2 роки тому +4

      😂😂

    • @MrDJ317
      @MrDJ317 2 роки тому

      No!! He had 3jobs. Go get her from hell and bring her back to earth, without looking behind at her until they get back to earth.

    • @darianhamilton9213
      @darianhamilton9213 2 роки тому

      😭😭😭😭

  • @SuicidialDolphin
    @SuicidialDolphin 2 роки тому +34

    -walks back to the surface, but doesn’t hear footsteps
    -turns back to see if she’s there
    * “I’m dead, I don’t have footsteps.. dumbass” *
    -see’s her fly back down
    😂 💀

  • @tomkerruish2982
    @tomkerruish2982 2 роки тому +35

    I thought it was that he had emerged from the underworld, but when he turned around he discovered that she hadn't quite exited the cave yet.

    • @thehellenicneopagan
      @thehellenicneopagan 2 роки тому +12

      Welcome to Mythology, where there is never just one set version...

  • @alwaysplotting2096
    @alwaysplotting2096 2 роки тому +58

    Obsessing over the past is how we lose the present.

    • @animalia5554
      @animalia5554 2 роки тому

      Can’t loose what you don’t have.

    • @ciaomamabella
      @ciaomamabella Рік тому

      @@animalia5554 can’t have what you don’t look for

  • @savagedarksider5934
    @savagedarksider5934 2 роки тому +7

    I'm in love with Persephone.😍❤❤❤

  • @sarahhurst140
    @sarahhurst140 2 роки тому +11

    Music holds the keys to so many godly & ungodly things, lololol! 💜🌍

    • @dennishogan2415
      @dennishogan2415 2 роки тому +1

      Hello Sarah 👋👋 how're you doing? Have a blessed 🙏 day. Hope to hear from you soon.

  • @Davlavi
    @Davlavi 2 роки тому +6

    tragedy at its finest

  • @valentineshearter1807
    @valentineshearter1807 2 роки тому +6

    Like Marvel Loki said “You had one job! Just the ONE!” 😂😂
    Also I love these short vids because other vids I love,but I have to make time for them because of how long they are! Nevertheless I still enjoy them with all the knowledge and comedy that goes into it👏👏

  • @BrandonClark-StocksPassports
    @BrandonClark-StocksPassports 2 роки тому +10

    His hair has "cornrows" like NBA hall of famer Allen Iverson🤣

  • @robbabcock_
    @robbabcock_ 2 роки тому +6

    Good stuff!

  • @amna0alhawaj
    @amna0alhawaj 2 роки тому +5

    Why do they always have to turn back???

  • @queenbutterfly7519
    @queenbutterfly7519 2 роки тому +1

    Fascinating story. Thank you for this

  • @basetpk
    @basetpk 2 роки тому +1

    you should do one on King solomon and his demons.

  • @NothingCompares2U
    @NothingCompares2U 2 роки тому

    The film Shining Through with Michael Douglas, great plotline.

  • @sifilore9462
    @sifilore9462 2 роки тому +6

    I'm sure they got back together when he joined her.

    • @peterkelley6344
      @peterkelley6344 2 роки тому +1

      The myths do not indicate what happened upon Orpheus' death. The myth does suggest that Orpheus 'lost' his sense of good performance after losing to Hades.

  • @christianchauhan23
    @christianchauhan23 2 роки тому +2

    ❤ all your video's mate 👍.

  • @blueindigoqueen7077
    @blueindigoqueen7077 2 роки тому

    Ur channel is so fascinating!! I absolutely ❤️ it! Been binge watching lol u do a great job narrating. Definitely keep the videos coming

  • @denisemiles7099
    @denisemiles7099 2 роки тому +7

    Sorry if you didn’t get my comment a little while ago, I tried to ask you if you have told the story of Kaguya, and if you haven’t please tell it. I’m quite fond of that story.☺️

    • @rizkyadiyanto7922
      @rizkyadiyanto7922 2 роки тому

      kaguya otsutsuki.

    • @denisemiles7099
      @denisemiles7099 2 роки тому +1

      @@rizkyadiyanto7922 I’m not talking about Naruto.

    • @dennishogan2415
      @dennishogan2415 2 роки тому

      Hello Denise 👋👋 how're you doing? Have a blessed 🙏 day. Hope to hear from you soon.

    • @denisemiles7099
      @denisemiles7099 Рік тому

      @@dennishogan2415 I’m not sure who you are.

  • @ki-pattao9030
    @ki-pattao9030 2 роки тому +9

    I don't like tragedy and hearbreak💔

    • @thatonedude
      @thatonedude 2 роки тому +6

      You definitely are researching the wrong topic then. Greek mythology is full of it lmao

  • @Meela234
    @Meela234 2 роки тому +2

    Jeez, they always got to put a crappy stipulation on everything.

  • @anthjohn5100
    @anthjohn5100 2 роки тому

    Heard this story from a scene in a movie Portrait of a Lady on Fire, greatly embodies the movie, highly recommended.

  • @rebeccachambers4701
    @rebeccachambers4701 2 роки тому +2

    They said don't turn around you could have just talked to her

    • @dennishogan2415
      @dennishogan2415 2 роки тому

      Hello Rebecca👋👋 how're you doing? Have a blessed 🙏 day. Hope to hear from you soon.

  • @CAKS90983
    @CAKS90983 2 роки тому +4

    Dantes inferno?

  • @urbanangst7630
    @urbanangst7630 2 роки тому +1

    At least he didn't turn into a pillar of salt..

  • @hanzohattori5980
    @hanzohattori5980 2 роки тому

    This very interesting article

  • @alexiswelsh5821
    @alexiswelsh5821 2 роки тому

    “Wait for me, I’m coming too, I’m coming too.”

  • @liraliza5208
    @liraliza5208 Рік тому

    See u In History can you do a video about Greek God of Medicine Asclepius i have seen it in some page that snakes were sacred to him

  • @theemclane4037
    @theemclane4037 2 роки тому +2

    Well damn

  • @Robert-um3dz
    @Robert-um3dz 2 роки тому

    The Japanese version is more intense with her becoming a rotten corpse and swearing revenge as mother of monsters

  • @thevintagepoet
    @thevintagepoet 2 роки тому

    Well that was depressing

  • @JV-km9xk
    @JV-km9xk 2 роки тому

    Can you cover the other guy called Dante? You haven't finished that series.

  • @coletrain6545
    @coletrain6545 Рік тому

    Reminds me of the ending of Sodom and gamora

  • @sono_chi_no_sodium_chlorid7635
    @sono_chi_no_sodium_chlorid7635 2 роки тому

    Is Dante's Paradiso comming?

  • @animefan3794
    @animefan3794 2 роки тому +6

    Isn’t there a version of the myth where he turns back because his wife thought he wasn’t looking at her due to no longer loving her?

  • @ellium1147
    @ellium1147 2 роки тому +1

    Right. But what does it all mean?

  • @unrulyay237
    @unrulyay237 2 роки тому

    This is almost similar to izanagi is it not?? Or izanami something I read way back am not sure

  • @alanguages
    @alanguages Рік тому

    If Orpheus was in the Middle East, he would have turned into a pillar of salt for looking back.

  • @171QA
    @171QA 2 роки тому

    Nice.

  • @aleckazamproductions8139
    @aleckazamproductions8139 Рік тому

    My ex fiancee killed herself. I dont know what it means of suicide, but if I must, I'd travel the Styx for her. If I just knew how

  • @abdulahsan3121
    @abdulahsan3121 2 роки тому

    holy shit

  • @kariannecrysler640
    @kariannecrysler640 2 роки тому +5

    My husband would cry, but be married a year later.. LOL. We take “till death do you part” seriously. Why vow & give your word if not to keep it?

  • @NeroVingian40
    @NeroVingian40 2 роки тому

    I still don’t understand if there was a lesson to learn here, I’ve heard this tale so many times now but unlike most other Greek mythology tales, this one seems like it doesn’t have anything to teach? Idk.

    • @melindoranightsilver9298
      @melindoranightsilver9298 2 роки тому +1

      There are a quite a few lessons actually but a few are:
      The value of patience
      One should believe in some sort of higher morality
      Pay attention to the task at hand

    • @standupman
      @standupman 2 роки тому

      If you want to be with someone, have faith that they will stick by your side.

    • @Nocturnal808
      @Nocturnal808 2 роки тому

      Women ain’t sh!t

  • @-RONNIE
    @-RONNIE 2 роки тому

    👍🏻

  • @tdesq.2463
    @tdesq.2463 2 роки тому

    That's Harsh!

  • @behemoth97123
    @behemoth97123 2 роки тому

    Is there anyone who makes it out of the underworld?

    • @leonidas6313
      @leonidas6313 2 роки тому +1

      Herkules

    • @behemoth97123
      @behemoth97123 2 роки тому +1

      @@leonidas6313 I need to brush up on his real story. Thanks for this 😊

  • @DanteAlighieri612
    @DanteAlighieri612 2 роки тому

    ho fatto il viaggio negli inferi, e virgilio è stato il mio compagno di viaggio, la mia amata Beatrice mi ha guidato per sfuggire all'inferno e ho viaggiato nel purgatorio, e da lì; mi ha permesso di tenerla di nuovo in paradiso.
    sono uno scherzo per te?

  • @chasethemaster3440
    @chasethemaster3440 2 роки тому +3

    Third

  • @Cracky13
    @Cracky13 2 роки тому

    Daaaaaang. What a beta. Lol

  • @nancyM1313
    @nancyM1313 2 роки тому +3

    💪Tragic Greek Mythology🏛
    ...You do it so well guys, tyvmuch👤

    • @dennishogan2415
      @dennishogan2415 2 роки тому

      Hello Nancy👋👋 how're you doing? Have a blessed 🙏 day. Hope to hear from you soon.

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena 2 роки тому +36

    Question....how can greek characters go to Hades' realm like it's just next in their neighborhood?

    • @moonchild4648
      @moonchild4648 2 роки тому +14

      I remember that in the Odyssey, Circe tells Odysseus that he must travel to an entrance to the underworld in order to commune with the dead, so to answer your question, there were phisical entrances to the underworld, but I'm guessing their location was not known by most people, otherwise people would have visited more often.

    •  2 роки тому +4

      I’m gonna say greeks were were very fond of mystic rituals and Hades was very associated with caves, so 1+1=2 and there should be sacred caves considered entrances to the Hades in ancient Greece, but I’m pretty much guessing.

    • @vonv7784
      @vonv7784 Рік тому +2

      This shit made me laugh

    • @noraye2500
      @noraye2500 Рік тому +3

      Because Greek myth is quite literal about many things
      The Underworld is literally UNDER the world, it's underground
      You can physically walk there from the surface

    • @canaisyoung3601
      @canaisyoung3601 Рік тому

      The River Styx

  • @greyworld6242
    @greyworld6242 2 роки тому +12

    And later would sing awesome music for the king and queen of the underworld.

  • @uria3679
    @uria3679 2 роки тому +5

    Once Upon A Time There Was a Railroad Track

  • @soulreaver1983
    @soulreaver1983 2 роки тому +9

    Another excellent mythology video thanks dude!🙂👍

  • @proudMudbl00D_6
    @proudMudbl00D_6 2 роки тому +5

    I remember this. ! It was a documentary

  • @Eckister
    @Eckister 2 роки тому +3

    when first I watched this video I was like ".... wasn't the couple supposed to be gods?" and then the fantasy nerd in me went "wrong mythology my dude..." :-D
    fine video as always, thank you for your content!

  • @williamgarcia9858
    @williamgarcia9858 2 роки тому +1

    When you're stupid enough not to follow instructions.

  • @matte1329
    @matte1329 2 роки тому +2

    Then he was eaten, and his head was nearly destroyed by the French revolutionaries

  • @-SRM-
    @-SRM- 2 роки тому +1

    Atlas....caaaaaan reeeeest his weary bones.

  • @peterkelley6344
    @peterkelley6344 2 роки тому +3

    It is also said by many (including the other deities) that it was Hades most unfair deception. In the version of the story I've heard had the lovers only walked another 30 feet to be fully out and away from the shadow of the cave Eurydice and Orpheus would have been reunited.

    • @thehellenicneopagan
      @thehellenicneopagan 2 роки тому +3

      Struggling to see the so called "deception"... Hades gave a clear cut instruction; "Don't look book until you reach the exit!" Seems straight forward to me, NOT at all a deception. 🤦🏻‍♀️

    • @TheGrumpyMinstrel
      @TheGrumpyMinstrel 2 роки тому

      @@thehellenicneopagan Yeah, mythologically speaking, hades generally seems to be depicted as a fairer god than the other Olympians (like when he let Hercules take Cerberus back for his labour, if he could wrestle the dog into submission) which to be fair doesn't say much given his pantheons track record XD

    • @thehellenicneopagan
      @thehellenicneopagan 2 роки тому +1

      My point exactly... He usually sets up some conditions to be met which don't seem at all unreasonable.

    • @bbbeto02
      @bbbeto02 2 роки тому

      Exactly. Orpheus knew that if Hades was true or not, he (Orpheus) could not enter the Underworld a second time either way. So the "instruction" of Hades to not look back could've been just a way to get rid of him from his lands, so Orpheus had his reason to doubt.

  • @DaDerpyCarrot
    @DaDerpyCarrot 2 роки тому

    That one scene in the Hadestown theatre play still echoes in my mind

  • @animalia5554
    @animalia5554 2 роки тому

    This seems to happen a lot in Mythology

  • @JohnnyBluee_
    @JohnnyBluee_ Рік тому

    What dreams may come

  • @alexpeters7987
    @alexpeters7987 2 роки тому

    Such a sad story ....

  • @angelawossname
    @angelawossname 2 роки тому

    Why do we build the wall?

  • @etb7856
    @etb7856 2 роки тому

    He’s a bonehead

  • @bin4ry_d3struct0r
    @bin4ry_d3struct0r Рік тому

    He had one job!

  • @guilherme5094
    @guilherme5094 2 роки тому

    👍

  • @babx1
    @babx1 2 роки тому

    7 days to late

  • @furn2313
    @furn2313 2 роки тому

    Lol own goal

  • @mathieuleader8601
    @mathieuleader8601 2 роки тому

    Imagine somebody doing a retelling of this myth with Orpheus attempting to free the 27 club from Hell

  • @mathieuleader8601
    @mathieuleader8601 2 роки тому

    Imagine if Orpheus did a cover of Oasis's Don't Look Back In Anger

  • @wyvern0m3g42
    @wyvern0m3g42 2 роки тому +2

    Huh, wasn't expected a shorter video that summarizes the story like this. The animations sort of reminded me of Overly Sarcastic Productions too. So, all in all, this was a nice change of pace. I still like the usual videos more, but this is a good way to break up the monotony every once in a while too.

  • @highlandoutsider
    @highlandoutsider 2 роки тому +1

    🌲+🍄+🔥=😊?

  • @thehellenicneopagan
    @thehellenicneopagan 2 роки тому +10

    A tale of tragic beauty... Thanks for the upload! Loving the content...
    Wish I could hit 'like' twice! 😎