Hades agreed to allow Orpheus to bring Eurydice back to the living world under the condition that he must not look back at her until they both had returned to the surface. If Orpheus looked back at Eurydice before they reached the upper world, she would be lost to him forever. This condition created a significant tension in the myth, ultimately leading to Orpheus's tragic failure when he could not resist looking back.
What condition did Hades give Orpheus in order to bring
Eurydice back to the living world?
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