Orpheus' death (Morte de Orfeu)

When legend becomes fact, only the legend matters. A group of Maenads, angry because they felt neglected, killed Orpheus and tore his body. They threw his head to the river Hebrus, where it floated singing 'Eurydice'. The nine Muses put the several parts of his dismembered body together and buried him on Mount Olympus.


Quando a lenda se torna facto, só a lenda importa. Um grupo de Ménades, furiosas por se sentirem desprezadas mataram-no e despedaçaram o seu corpo. Lançaram a sua cabeça ao rio Hebro onde flutuou a cantar 'Eurídice'. As nove Musas juntaram as várias partes do seu esquartejado corpo e sepultaram-nas no monte Olimpo.

Hermonax-'Orpheus' death'-attic-(red-figure)-stamnos-ca 470 BC Paris-Musée du Louvre (G 416)

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)-'death of Orpheus'-drawing-1494 Hamburg-Kunsthalle

Émile Levy (1826-1890)-'death of Orpheus'-oil on canvas-1866 Paris-Musée d'Orsay

Émile-Jean-Baptiste-Philippe Bin (1825-1897)-'death of Orpheus' -1874

Franz Joseph Spiegler (1691-1757)-'Orpheus' death'-fresco-1725 Ottobeuren (Bavaria)-Theatersaal