Saturday, June 16, 2012

Aristaeus

Aristaeus was a friend of Orpheus, but after the wedding of Orpheus and Eurydice, during the reception, drunk on wine, he attempted to rape Eurydice. When Eurydice ran away from the drunk Satyr she stepped on a poisonous snake, which bit her and caused her death.

This story is retold in Song Of Orpheus, which was originally published as a standalone one shot issue and was later collected in the Fables And Reflections book.

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