For this section, students should read Books X-XII of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Common Core Objectives
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Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.
Content Summary for Teachers
Book X
This book begins at another wedding, that of Orpheus and Eurydice. After the wedding, Eurydice is killed by a snake’s bite, and Orpheus ventures into the afterlife in order to appeal to Pluto. With the help of his lyre, he charms the god into releasing Eurydice from the...
