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Orpheus and Eurydice married in a beautiful ceremony, and the musician would play songs, and his wife would dance to them. One day, God Aristaeus, the son of Apollo, saw Eurydice and instantly fell in love with her. He was a minor God and a cultural hero, associated with practical skills such as beekeeping. Aristaeus one day chased Eurydice and tried to abduct her. The wife of Orpheus fled, but as she did, she trod on a snake that bit her, and she died. There is another version of her death, according to Ovid <ref>Ovid. Metamorphoses, x, vi</ref>. In this version, Eurydice died on her wedding day, when during a dance, she stepped on a venomous snake.  Naturally, Orpheus was devastated, and he was grief-stricken. The gods and the nymphs were so saddened that they decided to help him retrieve his wife from Hades, the realm of the dead. The gods helped Orpheus to descend into the Underworld, which was strictly out of bounds for humans. One myth narrates that Orpheus father, Apollo had Hades grant the musician access to his dead beloved. Another version reports that Orpheus music melted the hearts of the God of the Underworld. He allowed Eurydice to follow Orpheus out of the Underworld because he did not look back as his wife exited the Underworld <ref>Ovid Metamorphoses, x, vi</ref>. However, Orpheus was not strong enough and turned back to see his wife, and immediately Eurydice was drawn back into the realm of the Dead, and she returned to the shadows.