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Louise Pryke, Honorary Research Associate, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Sydney

We’ve told this story for 2,500 years: how Hadestown playfully brings alive an ancient Greek myth

Lisa Tomasetti/Opera Australia

“It’s an old song”, Hermes (Christine Anu) sings at the opening of Hadestown, but “we’re gonna sing it again and again”.

Based on a myth first told in Greece over 2,500 years ago, Hadestown is a modern retelling of the story of lovers Orpheus and Eurydice.

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