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When Orpheus' wife Eurydice dies, he tries to bring her back to life by making a deal with Hades. He can lead Eurydice out of the underworld into the realm of the living as long as he does not look back at her face.
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This painting, by Anne-Louis Girodet, is titled Ossian Receiving the Ghosts of Fallen French Heroes.
Scottish poet James Macpherson published a series of epic poems called The Poems of Ossian. Ossian is said to be based off of Oisín from Irish mythology. Below is a painting of Ossian and his love Malvina, as she is dying in his arms.
🎨Ary Scheffer c. 1802
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