1. What was the greatest strength of Orpheus? What was his weakness? 2. What effect did Orpheus' music have on people and gods? Cite two examples of this. 3. Why did Orpheus decide to rescue his wife from the underworld? 4. Why did Orpheus look back to see if Eurydice was following him? 5. What reasons might the gods have for allowing Orpheus and Eurydice to be reunited? 6. Explain why the gods gave a condition to Orpheus and to his bride to return to Earth. 7. What main characteristic of this text makes it a myth? 8. To whom does Orpheus owe his talent? Why was he able to win the sympathy of the gods? 9. In what situations were the gods willing to help humans? 10. Does the story reveal certain realities about Greeks? What are these? 11. What does the story reveal about the concept of gods in Greek mythology?
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Answer:1. **Strength**: Exceptional musical talent. **Weakness**: Doubt and inability to trust.2. **Example 1**: Enchanted the gods of the underworld. **Example 2**: Calmed wild animals and nature.3. Orpheus wanted to rescue Eurydice out of deep love and grief.4. He looked back due to anxiety and impatience.5. The gods might have allowed the reunion to test Orpheus’s faith and love.6. The condition was to test Orpheus’s trust and patience.7. It involves divine beings and supernatural elements.8. Orpheus owed his talent to Apollo and won the gods’ sympathy through his profound love and grief.9. The gods helped in cases of deep love, devotion, or exceptional qualities.10. The story reflects Greek values of love, fate, and divine influence.11. Greek gods were involved in human lives, showing power and capriciousness.
