Cadnum, Michael. 2006. Nightsong: The Legend of Orpheus and Eurydice.
Adapted from Ovid’s epic Metamorphoses, Michael Cadnum presents the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, a pair of lovers torn tragically apart not once but twice. Orpheus, the son of Calliope and a mortal (and the grandson of Jupiter himself) is beloved by the gods--or so everyone believes. Playing a lute he received from Apollo, he spends his time traveling through various countries and cities entertaining the crowds and enchanting the maidens. Until one day he falls madly in love with a princess, Eurydice. All seems to be going well until tragedy strikes on their wedding night. Now it is up to Orpheus to brave the underworld and seek an audience with Pluto and Persophone to plead his case. (Those familiar with the tale knows the rescue doesn’t go quite as planned.) Nightsong is a friendly introduction to a mythological classic tale of love and loss.
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