Eurydice
Sign in to savethumb|Eurydice with Orpheus and [[Hermes, 1st-century Roman marble relief in the Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy.]] Eurydice (; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη 'wide justice', classical pronunciation: ) was a character in Greek mythology and the wife of Orpheus, whom Orpheus tried to bring back from the dead with his enchanting music.
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thumb|Eurydice with Orpheus and [[Hermes, 1st-century Roman marble relief in the Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy.]] Eurydice (; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη 'wide justice', classical pronunciation: ) was a character in Greek mythology and the wife of Orpheus, whom Orpheus tried to bring back from the dead with his enchanting music.
==Etymology== thumb|left|upright|Charles-François Lebœuf, Dying Eurydice (1822), marble