Orpheus tried to enter the underworld again to see if Hades might make another deal, But in vain. Too wracked with greif to speak or sing, He refrains from any form of happiness. Orpheus journeys to the wilderness, Where he plays the saddest, Heart-Melting songs to which no one but wild beasts can stand to listen. On the last day of his life, Orpheus meets a group of Maenads, Insane followers of Dionysus, The wine god, and, when Orpheus does not join their parties or their romantic advances, He is physically torn to pieces.
