Orpheus his version of Orpheus in "The Sandman" comics series (1989–2015). Gaiman's Orpheus is the son of Oneiros (the Dream Lord Morpheus) and the muse Calliope. Because of the pervasiveness of the Orpheus myth, many interpretations are in conversation with previous interpretations as well: Pina Bausch's dance-opera "Orpheus und Euridike" displays original choreography set to Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice". Baz Luhrmann, in DVD commentaries for his 2001 film "Moulin Rouge!", characterizes the film as, in part, a tale of an Orphic hero (in this case a songwriter) who embarks upon a visit to the underworld (in this case the demi-monde around
The House of Hades Tartarus at Barnes & Noble. A paperback edition containing the short stories "The Crown of Ptolemy" and "The Sword of Hades" was launched in the United States on March 31, 2015. "The House of Hades" sold over 350,000 copies during the first week, 26% more than "The Mark of Athena" during a comparable period. Upon release, the book ranked 1 on "The New York Times" bestseller list, "USA Today"s bestseller list, "The Globe and Mail" bestseller list and "The Wall Street Journal" bestseller list, and was the seventh-bestselling book on Amazon and fifth in the Nielsen BookScan. The novel received