KIDS QUIZ
MYTHICAL CREATURES
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Question
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Why is Orpheus upset at the beginning of the myth?
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Someone poisons his and Eurydice’s drinks
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Eurydice dies on the morning of their wedding
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Women attack him and kill Eurydice
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Eurydice dislikes all of his music
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The story begins when Orpheus fell in love with a nymph called Eurydice. Orpheus played his lyre while his wife danced and the two of them led a happy life. They were so madly in love that soon they got married by the Hymenaios, the god of marriage himself.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hades set one condition, however: upon leaving the land of death, both Orpheus and Eurydice were forbidden to look back. The couple climbed up toward the opening into the land of the living, and Orpheus, seeing the Sun again, turned back to share his delight with Eurydice. In that moment, she disappeared.
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