And her head still sang and prophesied as it floated down to the sea. Neil Gaiman reads an extract from this poem in Orpheus Underground. Listen online now.

Orpheus was a world-class poet and bard. He was on the top of the world and engaged to a beautiful nymph named Eurydice. However, that's when tragedy struck! Eurydice dies and the only way to ...

The followers of Orphism that were mentioned in the text, were associated with the mythical poet Orpheus. They also prayed to the gods Persephone and Dionysus both of whom went down to the ...