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Nightsong: Legend of Orpheus And Eurydice
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Orchard Books
Publication date
November 1, 2006
Pages
133
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13
9780439545358
ISBN-10
0439545358
Dimensions
0.50 by 5 by 9.25 in.
Weight
0.62 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$16.99
Other format details
juvenile
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§As reported by publisher
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Summary
A rewriting of an Ovid love story tells of Orpheus, a musician-poet, who takes extreme measures to reclaim the woman he loves after she is bitten by a poisonous snake on her wedding day and is sent away to the Underworld.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
The second book in bestselling author Michael Cadnum's thrilling collection of myths from Ovid's METAMORPHOSES.
Orpheus, a brave musician who is dearly loved by the gods and admired by all of humankind, attempts to use the power of song to rescue his beautiful wife, Eurydice, from the Underworld after she dies from a serpent bite on their wedding day. When Orpheus finally reaches the center of the Underworld, Hades relents to his beautiful music and agrees to set Eurydice free. However, he tells Orpheus that he must not look back at his wife as he leads her to the surface. Just before the couple reaches the upper world, Orpheus cannot help but look back at Eurydice, and he therefore loses her forever.
Orpheus, a brave musician who is dearly loved by the gods and admired by all of humankind, attempts to use the power of song to rescue his beautiful wife, Eurydice, from the Underworld after she dies from a serpent bite on their wedding day. When Orpheus finally reaches the center of the Underworld, Hades relents to his beautiful music and agrees to set Eurydice free. However, he tells Orpheus that he must not look back at his wife as he leads her to the surface. Just before the couple reaches the upper world, Orpheus cannot help but look back at Eurydice, and he therefore loses her forever.
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from Orchard Books (November 1, 2006)
9780439545358 | details & prices | 133 pages | 5.00 × 9.25 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.62 lbs | List price $16.99
About: Expands on the myth of Orpheus, a young poet and musician who undertakes a terrifying journey to ask the rulers of the Underworld to return the princess Euridice, his beloved bride, after she is killed by a venomous serpent.
About: Expands on the myth of Orpheus, a young poet and musician who undertakes a terrifying journey to ask the rulers of the Underworld to return the princess Euridice, his beloved bride, after she is killed by a venomous serpent.
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