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# Classical Mythology Through Organ-Eyes
- URL: https://music.johncavicchio.com/classical-mythology-through-organ-eyes/
- Published: 2026-10-11T23:20:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-12T00:40:25.000Z
- Description: What happens when a former Latin and Classical Mythology teacher looks at the ancient myths through the eyes of a church organist and pianist? We may discover that the familiar stories of gods, heroes, and mortals didn't happen quite the way we've always been told.
- Author: John Cavicchio

### The Ancient World May Have Left a Few Things Out

All my life, I've felt the need to get organized. I've tried, believe me. But somehow, things never quite worked out as planned.

Well, at long last, I've gotten my wish.

Although not quite in the way I expected.

You see, I've acquired something rather unusual: **Organ-Eyes.**

And through these Organ-Eyes, I'm discovering that it's possible to look back into the ancient world and witness some of mythology's most famous events—not necessarily as the poets described them, but as any self-respecting organist would have seen them.

After all, when an organist hears about a royal wedding, the first question isn't necessarily who's getting married. It's who's providing the music.

And, perhaps more importantly, how much are we getting paid?

But I'm getting ahead of myself.

I spent a good many years teaching Latin and Classical Mythology, and one thing I've learned is that the ancient Greeks and Romans certainly knew how to tell a story.

They had gods who couldn't get along, heroes who couldn't stay out of trouble, and mortals who frequently found themselves in situations they would have been much better off avoiding.

And somehow, after thousands of years, we're still talking about them.

But I've always had a few questions.

For example, we know quite a bit about Orpheus, the legendary musician whose playing could charm practically anything that moved. But who provided the music at his wedding? Surely Orpheus wasn't expected to play at his own ceremony.

And what about the wedding of Achilles and Iphigenia? Was anyone thinking about the processional music? Did somebody have a rehearsal? Was there even a rehearsal?

The ancient writers seem remarkably silent on these matters.

Now, as an organist and pianist, I find these omissions rather troubling.

So I've decided to do a little investigating.

I'll be returning to some of the ancient texts, examining familiar stories, and looking more closely at details that Homer, Ovid, Virgil, and their colleagues may have neglected to mention.

Of course, there's a slight complication.

I've begun to suspect that some of these stories didn't happen quite the way we've been told.

And occasionally, the only way to find out what really happened may be to go there myself.

How?

Well, that's a rather unusual story, and I'm not quite ready to tell it.

But I will say this: music has a way of taking us places we never expected to go.

And some of those places may be considerably farther away than we imagined.

Welcome to **Classical Mythology Through Organ-Eyes**.

I have a feeling this is going to be quite an adventure.

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