I've been experimenting with writing some Greek myths to improve my fiction. This was my favourite of the handful I wrote, and has now become my favourite myth. It is devoid of the banal love at first sight, or cruel incomprehensible deities that cloud others like Perseus and Medusa. It is the purest of love stories that also captures the ephemerality of life and fortune.

Hymen, in raven-form, circled above the wedding. Although it was Orpheus’ honeyed song that hailed him, it was a different s