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This is a delightful and interesting book that re-tells an ancient story vividly and lyrically. I am less sure that it adds anything to my overall understanding of the myriad interpretations and reimaginings of Greek myth, although the references are well-chosen and carefully researched. (Personally, I was sad that there was no mention of ‘Black Orpheus’, the 1959 film set in the favelas of Rio, but I do understand that not everything could find a place without making the book into an encyclopaedia.) This book has everything, I think, that you need to know about Orpheus and it has made me want to turn to some of the poems and pictures that Wroe introduces. And to take a holiday in Greece, of course.

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