For other persons with the same name, see Eurydice (disambiguation)

Eurydice (disambiguation)

Eurydice is the wife of the musician OrpheusEurydice may also refer to:-Greek Mythology:* Eurydice of Thebes, wife of Creon and mother of Haemon, Menoeceus and Megara* Eurydice of Argos, wife of King Acrisius and mother of Danae...

Eurydice was an Athenian woman of a family descended from the great Miltiades

Miltiades

Miltiades or Miltiadis is a Greek name. Several historic persons have been called Miltiades .* Miltiades the Elder wealthy Athenian, and step-uncle of Miltiades the Younger...

. She was first married to Macedonian Ophellas

Ophellas

Ophellas or Ophelas of Pella in Macedonia was later a king of Cyrene ; his father's name was Silenus. He was considered as one of the closest friends of Alexander the Great. He appears to have accompanied his expedition in Asia, but his name is first mentioned as a trierarch of the fleet on the...

, the conqueror and king of Cyrene, and after his death returned to Athens, where she married Demetrius I of Macedon

Demetrius I of Macedon

Demetrius I , called Poliorcetes , son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus and Stratonice, was a king of Macedon...

, on occasion of his first visit to that city. She is said to have had by him a son called Corrhabus.