Almost all of the world's
Greek speakers lived as citizens or subjects of the Roman Empire.
The spiritual revolution that took place , saw a waning of the old Greek
religion, whose decline beginning in the 3rd century BC continued with the
introduction of new religious movements from the East. Greece itself had a
tendency to cling to paganism and was not one of the influential centers of
early Christianity: in fact, some ancient Greek religious practices remained in
vogue until the end of the 4th century.
Greeks
have strong attachment to moral laws set by the Roman gods and goddesses. In
the story, you can infer that the humans have strong belief to their gods,thus
bargained their lives on what they prayed or wished for to come true.
The story of Orpheus influenced me a lot in such a way that, losing someone you love can cause you so much pain and grief. Like Orpheus, he did everything to have Eurydice, his wife, back to Earth. Like us, almost all of us perhaps wanted to have our dead loved ones back. The love of Orpheus to his wife is immeasurable.
