Moulin Rouge: Orpheus
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The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. Or maybe it’s the myth of Orpheus. You be the judge! This #MythMonday, special guest Jackie Banigan joins us for the rock star of ancient Greece, 19th century Parisian demimonde, and high school marching band confessions.
- Ovid's Metamorphoses Bk. 10 - Orpheus's loss of Eurydice, establishment of pederasty, and final song.
- Argonautica 4.891 ff. - In which Orpheus saves the Argonauts from the sirens with his song
- Virgil's 4th Georgic - The story of Orpheus and Eurydice begins at line 453.
- Ps.-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.3.2 - A brief biography of Orpheus
- Moulin Rouge was almost an original musical, and more soundtrack secrets
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