Orpheus strength is his superhuman musical skills, his
ability to charm all living things and even stones with his music. His only
weakness is his grief and great desire to retrieve Eurydice back to life. His attempt to retrieve his wife, from the underworld and his death at the hands of those who could not hear his divine music was also a major story about him. He is one of the most significant figures in the reception of classical mythology in the West, portrayed to in countless forms of art and popular culture including poetry, film, opera, music, and painting
