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Dude, you're so going to enjoy your first re-read. And when you do re-read, make sure you also re-read your first impressions. Oh yes.

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It's interesting to make Orpheus the son of Morpheus, and...was it always like that?

No, I think it's usually Apollo and Calliope. Though I'm sure there's 100 different versions.

I don't recall anything about Furies ripping him apart, either.

Not Furies, Bacchae. Or, I guess, Maenads, but Bacchae is more fun to say. Bacchae Bacchae Bacchae! But yes, that is traditional, though their reasons vary a bit.

It is because of this issue that I impressed a veddy, veddy proper English prof when I took a class on Milton. I was the only one in the class who recognized Eurydice's name. I didn't tell him why I knew, though.

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Dude, you're so going to enjoy your first re-read. And when you do re-read, make sure you also re-read your first impressions. Oh yes.

Hee hee. I will be compiling my first impressions in an LJ post when I'm done.

Bacchae Bacchae Bacchae! But yes, that is traditional, though their reasons vary a bit.

Heh, right, but it was the Furies that sent them because Orpheus made them cry or something. Bacchae is fun to say, for sure.

I was the only one in the class who recognized Eurydice's name. I didn't tell him why I knew, though.

Heh. You didn't know the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice before that? Didn't you read Edith Hamilton's Mythology in, like, elementary school? Kids these days.

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I don't recall anything about Furies ripping him apart, either.

In the original myth, he's killed by Maenads (Bacchae).

The similarity in names between Morpheus and Orpheus may just be because they're both of Greek origin. According to wikipedia, the Greek word for "darkness" is "orphe".

P-C, do not go looking at wikipedia entries for The Sandman, Morpheus, or Orpheus, as you will be spoiled.

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Thanks, Dana.

And yeah, I was conflating the Furies with the Bacchae since they did their dirty work.

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You didn't know the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice before that? Didn't you read Edith Hamilton's Mythology in, like, elementary school?

No, no, I knew the story, but I wouldn't have recognized her name from whatever the hell I'd read ten years previous.

I was conflating the Furies with the Bacchae since they did their dirty work.

Ah. I feel better about being totally confused, then.

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For reasons painfully obvious to anyone who knows my first name, I at one point was so down with the Greek myths that I was able to not only nail, but nail almost all the extra credit on, a pre-IB English mythology exam where I hadn't, err, done the actual reading for reasons that escape me 17 years down the line.

I mean, I got my first book on it at age 4. I think I chose it (pre-school rummage sale) because it Had My Name In It.

In my old age, my memory is failing me, so I'm clearly in need of a massive re-read.

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Aw, very cool. I got into Greek mythology pretty early (though not that early) and loved it. I forget my initial reaction to discovering the similarities between Greek and Roman mythology.

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I've read the first issue of Brief Lives. This is going to be good.

Damn right it is. Just thinking about it, I may have to read it again now.

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I am beginning to see why you love Delirium. She's cracking me up.

I'm going to try to finish this tonight and post about it. It's going well so far, and I hope I don't let my expectations get in the way of my read.

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