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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- Instance of
- dryad
- Gender
- female
- Spouse
- Orpheus
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Image
- Dying Eurydice Louvre CC7.jpg
- Work location
- Ancient Greece
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- Eurydice
- present in work
- Hades
- worshipped by
- Greek mythology
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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
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