Who said that all ends were happy? And who said that all beginnings were perfect? Well, for those of you that did, there is a story that will prove you all wrong. Orpheus and Eurydice are another couple shown to us in Metamorphoses. Yes, they do have a love story but however, this story is way more depressing than those that we read before. It all begins when Eurydice, the bride, dies on her wedding day during the ceremony after stepping on a dumb, stupid snake. Did there really have to be a snake there and at that time? I constantly wonder why it is always snakes that ruin things up.
Orpheus, can't manage his grief and decides to take off to the Underworld and sings to Hades begging for his wife's return. Orpheus begged and begged and if his request was denied, he offered to be kept by her side. Hades feels affection and sad for him and is convinced by emotions. He tells Orpheus that he will return her to life but on the way, he can't look back at his wife because if he does, she will be returned to the Underworld forever. The desperate and miserable husband accepts the offer and they start their way all together back to the Upperworld. But guess what! Due to the lack of trust and patience that Orpheus had towards Hades, he turns back to look at her wife. After commiting this crime, Hermes immediately takes Eurydice back into the Underworld and this time, it was eternal.
How could he? Why did he? So many questions rise, but no answer is given at all. Maybe because he was so insecure and really wanted to prove her existence there for it might have been a trick or something. Was their love really powerful? I believe that their love was so powerful that her only absence made him feel insecure and therefore, he had to turn around and check her out. But what he had forgotten was that this time was the last time that he would see her ever again. This last image repeated in his head for more than minutes, hours, days, months and even years I would say. It was the last memory he had of her and he would never see her again, or maybe not for now. Will he ever get to the Underworld?
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