The Mask of Orpheus Orpheus must travel through is given a symbolic name. At the start of this act, time is moving backwards: Orpheus travels back out of and into the Underworld, and Euridice dies once more. Then time moves forwards as Orpheus leaves the Underworld again. One version of the Orpheus story is that he is then killed by a thunderbolt thrown by Zeus, while another is that he is dismembered by the women of Dionysus. Orpheus then becomes the subject of a cult and an oracle. Time flows backwards once more, and Orpheus' death is acted out again, and the opera ends
Orpheus (Angel) work," he said. "My girl is here... really all I want to do is run over and give her a hug." Terrence points out in the donut shop scene with Angel and Faith that, "The gunman here is actually Eliza's brother Nate." Charisma Carpenter is genuinely pregnant in this episode, and has been since Cordelia's return from the "higher plane". The title refers to the Greek myth of Orpheus. A legendary musician, Orpheus followed his dead wife into the Underworld to beg for her return. Asked how prison has changed the angry, aggressive Faith, Eliza Dushku says, "How would prison