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Podcast: 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Episode: ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE (Revised) and STANDING FAST (GREEK AND HOMERIC TALES)
Description: Orpheus and Eurydice is an old Greek tale retold by V.C. Turnbull which recalls the story of a gifted jmusician named Orpheus whose beautiful young wife Eurydice is killed by a viper. Orpheus descends into hell with his lyre to beg Pluto, the god of the underworld, to release her to earth again. The second story is another old tale of a ships crew who are ordered to stand fast against adversity in order that they all might survive. New Twitter address- @1001podcast Follow Us! ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Crime Solvers...