Never look back!

Federico Cervelli (1625 – 1700),  "Orfeo ed Euridice"
Querini-Stampalia Foundation, Venice (Italy)

The story of Orpheus and Eurydice, told by Apollonius of Rhodes, Virgil and Ovid, is a clear example of light as life and dark as death.

Orpheus dared more than any other man ever dared for his love and he tooks the fearsome journey to the underworld to bring Eurydice to light. The "Gods who rule the dark and silent world" summoned Eurydice and gave her to him, but upon one condition: that he would not look back at her as she followed him, until they had reached the upper world...