Ann Wroe’s ‘Orpheus’: Why the Mythological Muse Haunts Us
Underworld
He was a musician and a poet. He journeyed to the underworld to save his wife. And he helped fetch the golden fleece. Sure, there are plenty of heroes in Greek myths, but Orpheus is the patron saint of the arts. Former Economist books editor Ann Wroe, author of Orpheus: The Song of Life, a new ‘biography,’ on what the hero can teach us today.
Some stories haunt us constantly, and yet we hardly know why. The story of Icarus, who dared to fly too near the sun and whose wax wings melted away; the tale of Oedipus,
