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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 4296147, member: 39084&quot;]These really are wonderful coins and illustrations of the myth.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my all-time favorite musical compositions is Jacques Offenbach&#039;s <i>Orpheus In The Underworld</i>, a parody/satire/lampoon of the legend that was also a thinly veiled criticism of the French government of Napoleon III.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a Wikipedia article on the piece:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpheus_in_the_Underworld" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpheus_in_the_Underworld" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpheus_in_the_Underworld</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Even non-listeners of classical music will recognize the last movement of this work, since it&#039;s the famous &quot;Can-Can&quot; music that was used in Paris&#039;s burlesque halls for the skirt-raising dance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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