Eurydice [yoo-rid-uh-see, yuh-] Examples noun Classical Mythology.
- Also called Agriope. the wife of Orpheus.
- the wife of Creon of Thebes.
Also Eu·ryd·i·ke [yoo-rid-i-kee, yuh-] /yʊˈrɪd ɪˌki, yə-/. Examples from the Web for eurydice Contemporary Examples of eurydice
He leaves, sending Eurydice long fictional accounts of his travels.
Danilo Kis, the Stylish Historian of Infamy
Anthony Paletta
June 19, 2013
Historical Examples of eurydice
What if there followed him not Eurydice, but a mocking shade?
Jean Lang
Eurydice should be given back to him, but only on one condition.
Jean Lang
Olympias adhered to Polysperchon, while Eurydice favored Cassander’s cause.
Jacob Abbott
The ‘Eurydice,’ which I saw in Portsmouth harbour, is a warning for ever.
The Voyage Alone in the Yawl “Rob Roy”
John MacGregor
Sophie burned it all in the Orpheus and Eurydice grate, and kept her own counsel.
Rudyard Kipling
British Dictionary definitions for eurydice Eurydice noun
- 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
Word Origin and History for eurydice Eurydice
wife of Orpheus in Greek mythology, from Latin, from Greek Eurydike, literally “wide justice,” from eurys “wide” (see aneurysm) + dike “right, custom, usage, law; justice” (cognate with Latin dicere “to show, tell;” see diction).