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In October 2010, Hurley announced that he would be stepping down as the chief executive officer of YouTube to take an advisory role, with Salar Kamangar taking over as the head of the company. [106] James Zern, a YouTube software engineer, revealed in April 2011 that 30 percent of videos accounted for 99 percent of views on the site. [107]
The coin is said to grant her safe passage through “the frame.” One day at the beach, Orpheus tries to shoot himself, but winds up taking out Dionysus instead (who obviously can’t be killed ...
YouTube Rewind (stylized as YouTube ЯEWIND) was an annual video series that was produced by YouTube and Portal A Interactive from 2010 to 2019. The videos were summaries of each year's viral videos , events, trends, and music. [ 8 ]
When Orpheus arrives with fellow Cave contestant Anatole, Charon agrees to take them across. However, he stops in mid-stream, announces that he can only take one person, and suggests that the two should fight it out. Anatole prevails until Charon spots the mark on Orpheus's hand, and throws Anatole overboard.
Orpheus played with his lyre a song so heartbreaking that even Hades himself was moved to compassion. The god told Orpheus that he could take Eurydice back with him, but under one condition: she would have to follow behind him while walking out from the caves of the underworld, and he could not turn to look at her as they walked.
Orpheus was one of the handful of Greek heroes [25] to visit the underworld and return; his music and song had power even over Hades. The earliest known reference to this descent to the underworld is the painting by Polygnotus (5th century BC) described by Pausanias (2nd century AD), where no mention is made of Eurydice.
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When Orpheus descends and confronts Hades and Persephone, he sings a song so that they will grant his wish to bring Eurydice back from the dead. After this song is sung, Ovid shows how moving it was by noting that Sisyphus, emotionally affected for just a moment, stops his eternal task and sits on his rock, the Latin wording being inque tuo ...