I have been thinking a lot about the myth of Orpheus since I discovered Hadestown just a few days ago. One of my favorite versions of the tale comes from Jim Henson. In the 80's he produced a series called The Storyteller featuring fairy tales from all over Europe. Most of them were not the most familiar tales from our childhood. The first series was supurbly done. Later I discovered that there had been a second series, just 4 episodes, created for Greek Myths. And one of them was the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.
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Wow, awesome version! I loved it! Though I always see Persephone as being in cahoots with Hades, rather than his prisoner. And Hades is usually said to be much younger. :)
ReplyDeleteI agree, I am not always a big fan of the Persephone-as-prisioner concept, as in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians movie. I didn't think Jim Henson was quite so heavy handed, however.
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