u deny me, I cannot return alone; you shall triumph in the death of us both (Bulfinch).
             As he sings, even the ghosts shed tears, and Pluto grants Orpheus' wish; he is allowed to take Eurydice away with him on one condition, that he should not turn around to look at her until they reach the upper air. They are almost at the exit into the upper world when he casts a glance behind him to assure himself that she is still following him. When they stretch out their arms to embrace each other, they grasp only air. Orpheus is refused passage to follow her back to the underworld. Afterwards, he keeps his distance from women, and even though the Thracian maidens try their best to captivate him, he refuses their advances. The maidens become so angered that they scream to the point where
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