• Orpheus
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Proverbs and Quotes in English
Short sentences and easy words.

○○○ boatman ⪢⪢
When he reached the river of death, he asked the _____ to carry him to the other side of the river. The _____ refused. "Only the dead can pass," he said to Orpheus.
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○○○ Cerberus ⪢⪢
Reaching the gates of Hades, Orpheus found a huge three-headed dog, the fierce _____ .
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○○○ Eurydice ⪢⪢
Orpheus lived with his wife _____ who loved him very deeply. Orpheus was also madly in love with _____ . They really were made for each other.
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○○○ Hades ⪢⪢
One day he decided to take action. "I'll go to _____ , the god of the underworld, and get Eurydice back," he said to his friends. But the underworld had many dangers and no one had ever returned from there.
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○○○ lyre ⪢⪢
He could make the most beautiful music ever heard. When he played his _____ , even the birds would come by his window to listen to him play.
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○○○ mortal ⪢⪢
There Orpheus met Hades and Persephone, the king and queen of the underworld, who were surprised to see him. "What are you doing here, _____?", Hades asked.
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○○○ overwhelm ⪢⪢
But Orpheus started to play his lyre. The boatman was so overwhelmed that he agreed to take Orpheus to the other side of the river.
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○○○ set ⪢⪢
But Orpheus had his mind _____ and there he went to Hades with his lyre.
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○○○ sneak ⪢⪢
Quickly Orpheus started to play his lyre again and Cerberus was magically enchanted allowing Orpheus to sneak in.
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○○○ token ⪢⪢
"As a _____ of your belief in me, Eurydice must walk behind you as you travel back to the upper world", Hades said, "and you must not look back at Eurydice until you have exited the under world."
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○○○ wood ⪢⪢
One day though while Eurydice was picking flowers in the woods, a snake bit her. She died at once.
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