I can bring her back on one condition! she will follow you to the overworld, but you must not look back at her until you are both in the light.
such emotion in his voice...
HADES, PLEASE, have mercy on our souls! reunite me with my love!
we can do this!
Orpheus made it to the surface and turned around, without realising his wife wasn't in the light yet. She faded away and never got a second chance at life.