"Hic modo coniunctis spatiantur passibus ambo: nunc praecedentem sequitur, nunc praevius anteit Eurydicenque suam iam tuto respicit Orpheus" (Ovidus, Metamorphosen XI, verse 64-66) For those of you who don't know Latin (i think there are a lot of people who don't), here's the translation: "Here, they walk side by side again, first one in front, then the other, and Orpheus will from now on look back safely on his beloved Eurydice." Orpheus was a Roman poet. His wife, Eurydice died, so Orpheus went to the Underworld (Hades) to get her back. Pluto, the god of the Underworld, agreed under one condition: on his way back, he must not look back upon his wife. If he does, she will be sent back to the underworld, and cannot be retreived again. Of course, Orpheus cannot resist the urge to look back, so he loses her again. Then he is killed by a group of drunk women (Don't ask..) and thus sent into the Underworld, where he meets his beloved wife again... (They're both Shadows, according to Roman/Greek believes; when you die, your Soul (Shadow) is transported to the underworld; note that "Underworld" is not as gloom as it sounds: those who were good during their lives, went to the Elysian Fields, a paradise-like place of endless fields. Here, he finds his wife) Personaly, i think this is a beautyful story. we just translated the Latin text in school, and i wanted to share my vision of the story. i just hope you like it...