Answer: In a

chink in a
shared wall
 Why did the Answer:
white mulberries Because of
turn red? Pyramus
blood
 Why are the
Answer: She
jaws of lioness
just had
are bloody? made a kill
Who opposed a
Answer:
relationship
Their
between parents
Pyramus and
Thisbe?”
Where would
Answer:
Pyramus and Ninu’s
Thisbe meet? tomb
Orpheus and Eurydice

 Apollonius of Rhodes

 Told the account of Orpheus with

the Argonauts

 Vigil and Ovid

 Roman poets
 Told the rest of the story about
Orpheus
 Musician were divided
into two groups:

o Gods

o Mortals
Musicians:

 God and Goddesses

 Gods - early musician

 Athena - (not in that line) but invented
the flute
 Hermes - made a lyre (give to
Apollo),sounds so melodious that make
all gods forget all.
- also made a shepherd-pipe
(for himself), enchanting music.
 Pan– made a pipe of reeds
 Muses – had no instruments, but lovely
voices beyond compare.
 Mortals

 great musician

 He has an ability to
charm all living things
with his music.
GROUP ACTIVITY
 The Expedition
Orpheus went to an expedition together with Jayson
on Argo and proved himself as a most useful member
of it.
Along the way, when they are having a hard time
situation on their journey Orpheus played his lyre
and everything will be fine.
Saved the heroes from the sirens, a beautiful yet
dangerous creature.
It is evidence that when Orpheus played no maiden
can resist his power of song. One of this maiden is
Eurydice.
They were married, however their happiness abrupt.
Precisely after the matrimony, a viper stung
Eurydice and died.
 Mortals

 great musician
 He has an ability to
charm all living things
with his music.
 Son of the Muses and
Thracian prince
 Mother gave a gift
of music
 Wife: Eurydice
Orpheus expedition
on Argo with
Jayson.
 A maiden

 wife of Orpheus
Orpheus
and
Eurydice
Marriage
 Viper stung
Eurydice and
died
 Underworld
 Orpheus became extremely sad. So, he set to go
down to the world of the death and bid to bring
Eurydice back
 Orpheus said to himself that he will use his melodious
song to attract the lord of the dead Hades and its
wife Persephone.
 He took the fearsome journey underworld.
 Hades gave Eurydice to Orpheus but with one
condition: that he would not look back at her as she
followed him, until they had reached the upper world
 As they were climbing up, Orpheus longed to give one
glance to make sure that Eurydice was following him.
So, he turn to her.
 In an instant Eurydice was gone and the Orpheus
heard was one a faint word.
Decided to go in the land
of dead
  Three-headed
monster dog in
underworld

 each of them
condemned for
heinous crimes
against gods
 Three goddesses of
vengeance.
Take one
glance
resulted
to
FAREWELL
 Return to Earth
 He tried to rush after her and follow her, but
he was not allowed, because gods disapprove
entering the world of the dead a second time,
while still alive.
 He was forced to return to the earth alone, in
utter loneliness.
 Started to wander the wild solitudes of Thrace.
 A band of Maenads came upon him and slew the
gentle musician, tearing him limb from limb, and
flung the severed head into the swift river
Hebrus.
 His limbs they gathered and placed in a tomb at
the foot of Mount Olympus, and there to this
day the nightingales sing more sweetly than
anywhere else.
 Rushed
after and
follow
Eurydice,
but not
allowed.
Forced to returned
to Earth alone
 Angry
Maenads
kill
Orpheus
 Tearing
limbs and
beheaded
 Muses
found
Orpheus
body
 QUESTION 1.
What are the three main
settings in the story?

Expedition,
ANSWER
Underworld and
returning to
Earth
 QUESTION 2.
What are the two groups
of
Musicians?

ANSWER
Gods and
Mortals
 QUESTION 3.
Who are the two Roman
Poets that told the rest of
the story of Orpheus?

ANSWER Vigil and Ovid

 QUESTION 4.
They have no instruments
but only lovely voices?

ANSWER Muses
 QUESTION 5.
Why Eurydice die?

ANSWER
Because a viper
stung her.
 QUESTION 6.
What Orpheus wants to do
after his wife’s death?

He wants her
ANSWER wife to bring
back to life.
 QUESTION 7.
Did Orpheus succeed to
his plan, why?

No. Because, he look

back to Eurydice,
which is the
ANSWER agreement is to not
look back to Eurydice
while in the
underworld
 QUESTION 8.
What happened next to
Orpheus when he looked
back to Eurydice?

Forced to
ANSWER return to the
Earth
 QUESTION 9.
What happened next to
Orpheus after returning to
Earth?

ANSWER
He wander the
Thrace.
 QUESTION 10.
Who and how Orpheus was
killed?

Maenads killed
him, tear his
ANSWER limb and hung
his head in the
river Hebrus.
 QUESTION 11.
Who found the body of
Orpheus? What did they
do?
Muses found
Orpheus’s body
ANSWER and place it in a
tomb at the foot
of Mt. Olympus.
Practical Applications

“What significant
message you can get from
the story of Orpheus and
Eurydice? How can you
relate it to your own
experience?
 Generalization and
Abstraction

If you were the author ,
how would you like to
recreate the end of the
story?”
 Direction: In your quiz booklet. Analyze
carefully the following questions then choose
the best answer. You have given limited time to
answer.
1. Although Orpheus inherited many
musical talents, for which instrument is he
most well-known?
a. The double-flute
b. The harp
c. The shepherd-pipe
d. The lyre
2. Little more is known about Orpheus's
past before he met his beautiful wife. They
fell madly in love and were married at once.

What was the name of Orpheus's sweet
maiden?

a. Helice
b. Eurydice
c. Thisbe
d. Persephone
3. Unfortunately, the bride and groom's bliss
was short-lived. The day of their wedding,
after the ceremony, Orpheus's love was

frolicking in the meadow with her
bridesmaids when she was killed by a
poisonous snake. Now, can you tell me what
type of snake it was that killed Orpheus' true
love?
a. A Phyton
b. A Boa Constrictor
c. A Rattlesnake
d. A Viper
4. Orpheus' grief was so overwhelming that he could not
endure the pain of his loss. He was determined to
somehow get his wife back. He decided the best way to
do this was to travel to the Underworld and plead with

Hades. Orpheus made the dangerous journey out of love
for his wife, and when he entered the fearsome gates of
the Underworld, past the river Styx, Orpheus played the
most charming song that wooed over Hades himself. Who
in the Underworld was not soothed by Orpheus' song?
a. Hades
b. Persephone
c. Nobody
d. Everybody
5. After hearing the enchanting music Orpheus
had so desperately played, Hades decided to
allow Orpheus to take Eurydice under one

condition. What was that one condition?
a. That Orpheus could never play another
musical note for as long as he lived
b. That Orpheus dedicate a song to
Persephone.
c. Orpheus could not look at Eurydice until they
both out of the underworld.
d. Orpheus find another maiden to take the
place of Eurydice
 HOME DELIGHT
Make a reading and understanding about the
story of Ceyx and Alcyone. Answer the
following questions and write it on your
notebook:

1. Why was Alcyone worrying about his Ceyx?

2. How did Ceyx react when Alcyone begged
him not to leave her alone?
3. What did Alcyone see when she was at the
sea shore?
4. Who did Alcyone see to relieve her worries?
5. Who relayed a bad news through a dream?
6. What is the significance of the story?
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