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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack_Sparrow" data-source="post: 8788627" data-attributes="member: 106688">6. Orpheus and Eurydice   <img src="http://amolife.com/images/stories/Reviews/orpheus.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     Orpheus and Eurydice  story is an ancient greek tale of desperate love.  Orpheus fell deeply in love with and married Eurydice, a beautiful  nymph. They were very much in love and very happy together. Aristaeus, a  Greek god of the land and agriculture, became quite fond of Eurydice,  and actively pursued her. While fleeing from Aristaeus, Eurydice ran  into a nest of snakes which bit her fatally on her legs. Distraught,  Orpheus played such sad songs and sang so mournfully that all the nymphs  and gods wept. On their advice, Orpheus traveled to the underworld and  by his music softened the hearts of Hades and Persephone (he was the  only person ever to do so), who agreed to allow Eurydice to return with  him to earth on one condition: he should walk in front of her and not  look back until they both had reached the upper world. In his anxiety he  forgot that both needed to be in the upper world, and he turned to look  at her, and she vanished for the second time, but now forever.   7. Napoleon and Josephine   <img src="http://amolife.com/images/stories/Reviews/napoleon.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     A marriage of convenience, at age 26 Napoleon took a fancy to  Josephine. An older, prominent, and most importantly wealthy woman. As  time drew on, Napoleon fell deeply in love with Josephine, and  she with him, but that didn't deter the adultery on both sides-their  mutual respect for one another kept them together, and their burning  passion between them didn't falter, and was genuine. They eventually  split, as Napoleon deeply required something Josephine could not give  him, an heir. Sadly they parted ways, both bearing the love and passion  in their hearts, for all eternity.   8. Odysseus and Penelope   <img src="http://amolife.com/images/stories/Reviews/odysseus.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     Few couples understand sacrifice quite like this Greek pair.  After being torn apart, they wait twenty long years to be reunited. War  takes Odysseus away shortly after his marriage to Penelope. Although she  has little hope of his return, she resists the 108 suitors who are  anxious to replace her husband. Odysseus is equally devoted, refusing a  beautiful sorceress's offer of everlasting love and eternal youth, so  that he might return home to his wife and son. This Valentine's Day,  take a cue from Homer, and remember that true love is worth waiting for.   9. Paolo and Francesca   <img src="http://amolife.com/images/stories/Reviews/paolo.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     Paolo and Francesca are made famous by the Dante's masterpiece "Divine Comedy".  It is a true story: Francesca is married with Gianciotto Malatesta an  awful person, but she has Gianciotto's brother, Paolo, as lover. The  love between them grows when they read together a book (according to  Dante) about Lancelot and Guinevere. When the two lovers are discovered  they are killed by Gianciotto.   10. Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler   <img src="http://amolife.com/images/stories/Reviews/scarlett.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     "Gone with the wind" can be identified as one of the immortal pieces of literary works in this world. Margaret Mitchell's famous work has chronicled the love and hate relationship between Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler. Proving that timing is everything, Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler  never seem to be quite in synch. Throughout the epic story, this  tempestuous twosome experience passion but not permanence, and their  stormy marriage reflects the surrounding Civil War battles. The  flirtatious, promiscuous, and perpetually pursued Scarlett can't make up  her mind between her many suitors. When she finally decides to settle  on being happy with Rhett, her fickle nature has already driven him  away. Hope springs eternal in our devious heroine, however, and the  novel ends with Scarlett proclaiming, "Tomorrow is another day." </blockquote>

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