![]() Unfortunately, before they reached the surface, he looked back (Orpheus). Hades allowed it under one condition: that Orpheus not look back as he was bringing her to the surface. Because his wife Eurydice was killed by a serpent, Orpheus went to the Underworld to ask Hades if he would allow her to return to the world of the living.that same night came a heavy rain, and the river Sys (the boar), one of the torrents about Olympus, destroyed the walls of Libethra, drowning everything (Orpheus).one day by accident the urn containing Orpheus’ bones fell and broke, exposing the bones.Libethra had received an oracle mentioning the bones of Orpheus which said that when the sun should see his bones, the city would be destroyed by a boar.Libethra's Connection with the Nightingales The Nightingale’s origin is the Greek city of Libethra (Favorite).It is said that the nightingales sing sweeter at the grave of Orpheus than in any other place in the world (Orpheus) (MythologyWeb).The Muses collected his limbs and buried them at the foot of Mt. His body and lyre were thrown into the river Hebrus and floated down to Lesbos.There is no exact truth as to how he died, but some say that Orpheus was torn to pieces by the Thracian women and that the God Dionysus had asked them to do it. ![]()
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