This is one interesting dude, so definitely check him out a bit more. Yeah, that's more like the Hades we know. So when Orpheus looks back a Eurydice after being explicitly told not to, Hades snatches her back to the Underworld without a second thought. Of course, Hades doesn't take kindly to people who don't follow instructions, and he certainly doesn't give favors twice. He played his music for Hades, who allowed him to take her out of the underworld. The sad story of Orpheus and Eurydice is more than just a romantic tale, however. His love, and the beautiful way in which he expressed it, had the power to move even Hades to mercy. In any case, by comparing his love for Eurydice to Hades' love for Persephone, Orpheus successfully bonds with the grim god. Orpheus followed his love, Eurydice, into the underworld to get her back. The image of Orpheus descending into the Underworld to bring back his lost love is one of the most enduring and romantic in Greek mythology. You can read Shmoop's take on that whole story if you want some more deets. Hades warned that if Orpheus turned and looked at Eurydice while she was still in the dark, she would be condemned to the underworld forever. Hades had been so smitten with Persephone that he kidnapped her and forced her to be his wife (not the healthiest way to start a relationship, but he was kind of a twisted guy). Imagine if Joe Biden was such a big fan of Keith Urban that he decided that it was Keith Urbans job to play music. Hades told Orpheus that he could look at Eurydice when she finally entered the light of the upper world, but he could not look at her while she was in the dark in the underworld. Additionally, the audio indicated that he was somewhere around Hades' desk / Cerberus. Today, when I started, the song was still playing, but Orpheus was nowhere to be seen. Before logging off the previous night, Orpheus was playing a song when I arrived. But eloquent Orpheus finds a way to pull on the one tender string inside Hades' dark heart: his love for Persephone. So I started up today, having saved the night before after arriving at the House of Hades. So it's a bit surprising that Orpheus is able to talk him into letting Eurydice go.
Although he was ultimately unable to bring her back to life, he charmed Hades with his music such that after his death, Hades employed Orpheus as his court musician.
King of the Underworld and ruler of the dead, Hades isn't known as a big softie. During his life, he lost his wife and muse Eurydice and ventured to the Underworld to plea for her return.
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