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Eurydice
is the wife of the musician Orpheus
Eurydice may also refer to:
Eurydice
Eurydice in Greek mythology, was an oak nymph or one of the daughters of Apollo . She was the wife of Orpheus, who loved her dearly; on their wedding day, he played joyful songs as his bride danced through the meadow. One day, a satyr saw and pursued Eurydice, who stepped on a venomous snake,...
is the wife of the musician Orpheus
Eurydice may also refer to:
Greek Mythology
- Eurydice of ThebesEurydice of ThebesIn Greek mythology, Eurydice was the wife of Creon, a king of Thebes. She appears briefly in Sophocles' Antigone, to kill herself after learning that her son Haemon and his betrothed, Antigone, had both committed suicide, from a messenger. She thrusts a sword into her heart and curses Creon for...
, wife of Creon and mother of Haemon, Menoeceus and Megara - Eurydice of ArgosEurydice of ArgosIn Greek Mythology, Eurydice was wife to Acrisius, king of Argos, mother of Danaë and therefore maternal grandmother to Perseus. She was said to have been a daughter to Lacedaemon and Sparta, the legendary founders of Sparta.-References:...
, wife of King Acrisius and mother of DanaeDanaëIn Greek mythology, Danaë was a daughter of King Acrisius of Argos and Eurydice of Argos. She was the mother of Perseus by Zeus. She was sometimes credited with founding the city of Ardea in Latium.... - Eurydice of MycenaeEurydice of MycenaeIn Greek mythology, Eurydice was the daughter of Pelops and was married to Electryon, king of Mycenae and son of Perseus. She bore him Alcmena, mother of Heracles. In other versions of the myth, Eurydice's place was taken by Anaxo, Electryon's niece....
, daughter of PelopsPelopsIn Greek mythology, Pelops , was king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus. He was the founder of the House of Atreus through his son of that name....
, wife of Electryon, and mother of Alcmena - Eurydice of PylosEurydice of PylosIn Greek Mythology, Eurydice of Pylos was the daughter of Clymenus, and wife of Nestor. Their children include Perseus, Peisistratus, Thrasymedes, Pisidice, Polycaste, Stratichus, Aretus, Echephron, and Antilochus. The wife of Nestor and mother of his children might otherwise have been Anaxibia....
, daughter of Clymenus, wife of NestorNestor- Arts, literature, and entertainment :* Nestor , the son of Neleus, the King of Pylos and Chloris in Greek mythology* "Nestor", a chapter in the novel Ulysses by James Joyce* Nestor Studios, first-ever motion picture studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles... - Eurydice of TroyEurydice of TroyIn Greek Mythology, Eurydice was the daughter of Adrastus, wife of Ilus, and mother of King Laomedon....
, daughter of Adrastus, wife of Ilus, and mother of King LaomedonLaomedonIn Greek mythology, Laomedon was a Trojan king, son of Ilus, brother of Ganymede and Assaracus, and father of Priam, Astyoche, Lampus, Hicetaon, Clytius, Cilla, Proclia, Aethilla, Medesicaste, Clytodora, and Hesione... - Eurydice of Nemea, wife of King Lycurgus of NemeaLycurgus of NemeaLycurgus was the mythological king of Nemea, son of Pheres and Periclymene, brother of Admetus. He was the husband of Eurydice and father of Opheltes. His tomb was in the grove of the Nemean Zeus....
and mother of OpheltesOpheltesOpheltes is a boy from Greek mythology, the son of the Nemean king Lycurgus and Queen Eurydice."When their son was born, Lykourgos consulted the oracle at Delphi in order to find out how he might insure the health and happiness of his child... - Eurydice, wife of NeleusNeleusNeleus was the son of Poseidon and Tyro and brother of Pelias. Tyro was married to Cretheus but loved Enipeus, a river god. She pursued Enipeus, who refused her advances. One day, Poseidon, filled with lust for Tyro, disguised himself as Enipeus and from their union was born Pelias and Neleus,...
, mother of Thrasymedes - Eurydice, daughter of AmphiarausAmphiarausIn Greek mythology, Amphiaraus was the son of Oecles and Hypermnestra, and husband of Eriphyle. Amphiaraus was the King of Argos along with Adrastus— the brother of Amphiaraus' wife, Eriphyle— and Iphis. Amphiaraus was a seer, and greatly honored in his time...
and EriphyleEriphyleIn Greek mythology, Eriphyle , daughter of Talaus, was the mother of Alcmaeon and the wife of Amphiaraus. Eriphyle persuaded Amphiaraus to take part in the raid that initiated the mythic tale of the Seven Against Thebes, though she knew he would die... - Eurydice, wife of AeneasAeneasAeneas , in Greco-Roman mythology, was a Trojan hero, the son of the prince Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite. His father was the second cousin of King Priam of Troy, making Aeneas Priam's second cousin, once removed. The journey of Aeneas from Troy , which led to the founding a hamlet south of...
, mother of Ascanius and Etias - Eurydice, a Nereid
- Eurydice, one of the Danaids, daughter of DanausDanausIn Greek mythology Danaus, or Danaos , was the twin brother of Aegyptus and son of Achiroe and Belus, a mythical king of Egypt. The myth of Danaus is a foundation legend of Argos, one of the foremost Mycenaean cities of the Peloponnesus...
and PolyxoPolyxoPolyxo is the name of several figures in Greek mythology:*One of the Hyades.*A Naiad of the river Nile, presumably one of the daughters of the river-god Nilus. She was one of the wives of Danaus and bore him twelve daughters: Autonoe, Theano, Electra, Cleopatra, Eurydice, Glaucippe, Anthelea,...
. She married (and murdered) DryasDryasDryas is the name of nine characters in Greek mythology1. Dryas was the son of King Lycurgus, king of the Edoni in Thrace. He was killed when Lycurgus went insane and mistook him for a mature trunk of ivy, a plant holy to the god Dionysus, whose cult Lycurgus was attempting to extirpate.Resisting...
, son of AegyptusAegyptus- Aegyptus, King of Egypt and Arabia :In Greek mythology, Aegyptus is a descendant of the heifer maiden, Io, and the river-god Nilus, and was a king in Egypt. Aegyptos was the son of Belus and Achiroe, a naiad daughter of Nile. Aegyptus fathered fifty sons, who were all but one murdered by the...
and CaliadneCaliadneCaliadne , in Greek mythology, is a naiad of the river Nile, presumably one of the daughters of the river-god Nilus. She is one of the wives of Aegyptus, bearing him twelve sons: Eurylochus, Phantes, Peristhenes, Hermus, Dryas, Potamon, Cisseus, Lixus, Imbrus, Bromios, Polyctor, and Chthonios...
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Historical women
- Eurydice, mother of Alexander IAlexander I of Macedon- Biography :Alexander was the son of Amyntas I and Queen Eurydice.According to Herodotus, he was unfriendly to Persia, and had the envoys of Darius I killed when they arrived at the court of his father during the Ionian Revolt...
, ruler of Macedon from 498 BC to 454 BC and wife of Amyntas I of MacedonAmyntas I of MacedonAmyntas I was a king of Macedon. He was a son of Alcetas I of Macedon and his queen. He married a woman called Eurydice and had a son Alexander.... - Eurydice I of Macedon, mother of the king of Macedonia, Philip II
- Eurydice II of MacedonEurydice II of MacedonEurydice was an ancient Macedonian queen, wife of king Amyntas III of Macedon.She was the daughter of Sirras, an Illyrian noble based in Lyncestis, Upper Macedonia...
(died 317 BC), wife of the nominal king of Macedonia, Philip Arrhidaeus - Eurydice of EgyptEurydice of EgyptEurydice was daughter of Antipater and wife of Ptolemy, the son of Lagus. The period of her marriage is not mentioned by any ancient writer, but it is probable that it took place shortly after the partition of Triparadisus, and the appointment of Antipater to the regency, 321 BC. She was the...
, wife of Ptolemy I Soter, king of Egypt - Cleopatra Eurydice of MacedonCleopatra Eurydice of MacedonEurydice , born Cleopatra was a mid. 4th century BCE Macedonian noblewoman, niece of Attalus, and 5th wife of Philip II of Macedon.- Biography :...
, wife of Philip II of Macedon - EurydiceEurydice (wife of Antipater II of Macedon)Eurydice was a Greek Princess who was of Macedonian and Thessalian descent.She was the first daughter and second child born to the diadochus who was King of Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedonia, Lysimachus from his first wife the Queen consort, Nicaea of Macedon. Eurydice had one older brother called...
, daughter of LysimachusLysimachusLysimachus was a Macedonian officer and diadochus of Alexander the Great, who became a basileus in 306 BC, ruling Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedon.-Early Life & Career:...
from his first wife NicaeaNicaeaNicaea or Nikaia may be:*The ancient name of several places, including:** İznik, Turkey - formerly Nicaea capital of the Empire of Nicaea**Nice, France**Nicaea, Locris, a fortress city of the Locri Epicnemidii...
and wife of Antipater II of MacedonAntipater II of MacedonAntipater II of Macedon , was the son of Cassander and Thessalonike of Macedon, who was a half-sister of Alexander the Great. He was king of Macedon from 297 BC until 294 BC, jointly with his brother Alexander V. Eventually, he murdered his mother and ousted his brother from the throne... - Eurydice of AthensEurydice of AthensFor other persons with the same name, see Eurydice Eurydice was an Athenian woman of a family descended from the great Miltiades. She was first married to Macedonian Ophellas, the conqueror and king of Cyrene, and after his death returned to Athens, where she married Demetrius I of Macedon, on...
, one of the wives of Demetrius I Poliorcetes
The Arts
- Eurydice (Anouilh play)Eurydice (Anouilh play)Eurydice is a play by French writer Jean Anouilh, written in 1941. The story is set in the 1930s, among a troupe of travelling performers. It combines skepticism about romance in general and the intensity of the relationship between Orpheus and Eurydice with an other-worldly mysticism...
, a 1941 play written by Jean Anouilh - Eurydice (Ruhl play), a play written by Sarah Ruhl
- Any of the operas based on the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, including works by Jacopo Peri and Giulio Caccini with the title "Euridice"
- Eurydice, a modern poem by Carol Ann DuffyCarol Ann DuffyCarol Ann Duffy, CBE, FRSL is a Scottish poet and playwright. She is Professor of Contemporary Poetry at the Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed Britain's poet laureate in May 2009...
, featured in The World's WifeThe World's WifeThe World's Wife is a collection of poems by Carol Ann Duffy published in 1999.The World's Wife is Carol Ann Duffy's first themed collection of poems, which was first published in 1999... - Eurydice, a poem by Sue Hubbard, which was formerly painted on a wall in an underpass between Waterloo stationWaterloo stationWaterloo station, also known as London Waterloo, is a central London railway terminus and London Underground complex. The station is owned and operated by Network Rail and is close to the South Bank of the River Thames, and in Travelcard Zone 1....
and the LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
IMAX CinemaLondon IMAXThe London IMAX is an IMAX cinema in the South Bank district of London, England, just north of Waterloo Station. It is operated by the British Film Institute.The cinema is located in the centre of a roundabout on Waterloo Road... - Eurydice, a poem by Harryette MullenHarryette MullenHarryette Mullen is an American poet, short story writer, and literary scholar. She was born in Florence, Alabama, grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and attended graduate school at the University of California, Santa Cruz. As of 2008, she lives in Los...
in her book Sleeping with the Dictionary - Eurydice, a painting by Ludwig LöfftzLudwig LöfftzLudwig Löfftz was a German genre and landscape painter.- Biography :He was born at Darmstadt. He was a pupil of August von Kreling and Karl Raupp at Nuremberg, then of Wilhelm von Diez at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, where he became professor in 1879, and of which he was director between 1891...
- "Eurydice", a song by The CrüxshadowsThe CrüxshadowsThe Crüxshadows is an Dark Electro group from Florida. Their sound is made up of a combination of male vocals, electric violin, guitar, and synth...
Other uses
- Eurydice (European Network), The Information Network on Education in Europe
- 75 Eurydike75 Eurydike75 Eurydike is a main-belt asteroid. It has an M-type spectrum and a relatively high albedo and may be rich in nickel-iron. Eurydike was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on September 22, 1862. It was second of his numerous asteroid discoveries. It is named after Eurydice, the wife of...
, an asteroid, name of two British warships of the 18th and 19th centuries - Eurydice Shrine (accompanied with the tune, Unwavering Resolve), the stage that SophitiaSophitiais a fictional character in the Soul series of video games. Created by Namco's Project Soul division, she first appeared in Soul Edge and its subsequent sequels, as well as appearing in various merchandise related to the series.- Creation and conception:...
and Cassandra share in Soulcalibur II - Eurydice (genus)Eurydice (genus)Eurydice is a genus of isopod crustaceans. It includes the following species:*Eurydice acuticauda Bruce, 1981*Eurydice affinis Hansen, 1905*Eurydice agilis Jones, 1971*Eurydice akiyamai Nunomura, 1981...
, a genus of isopod crustaceans - French submarine Eurydice (S644), a French submarine, one of nine of the Daphné class