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Eurydice

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Eu·ryd·i·ce  (y-rd-s)
n. Greek Mythology
The wife of Orpheus, whom he failed to rescue from Hades when he looked back at her and so violated the command of Pluto on their journey back to the upper world of the living.
Eurydice [jʊˈrɪdɪsɪ]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a dryad married to Orpheus, who sought her in Hades after she died. She could have left Hades with him had he not broken his pact and looked back at her
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Noun1.EurydiceEurydice - (Greek mythology) the wife of Orpheus
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
Translations
Eurydice [jʊˈrɪdɪsiː] N → Eurídice
Eurydice [jʊˈrɪdɪsɪ] n → Euridice f
Eurydice [jʊˈrɪdɪsɪ] n → Euridice f


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Thus our heroe and the redeemed lady walked in the same manner as Orpheus and Eurydice marched heretofore; but though I cannot believe that Jones was designedly tempted by his fair one to look behind him, yet as she frequently wanted his assistance to help her over stiles, and had besides many trips and other accidents, he was often obliged to turn about.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
When they had done praying and sprinkling the barley meal {32} Thrasymedes dealt his blow, and brought the heifer down with a stroke that cut through the tendons at the base of her neck, whereon the daughters and daughters in law of Nestor, and his venerable wife Eurydice (she was eldest daughter to Clymenus) screamed with delight.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
And Acrisius had by Eurydice the daughter of Lacedemon, Danae; and Proetus by Stheneboea `Lysippe and Iphinoe and Iphianassa'.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
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