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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices