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Definition of Eurydice
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) the wife of Orpheus.
Definition of Eurydice
1. Proper noun. (Greek god) A nymph and the wife of Orpheus. ¹
2. Proper noun. (Greek mythology) The name of various figures in the Greek mythology. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eurydice
Literary usage of Eurydice
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Age of Fable; Or, Beauties of Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch, John Loughran Scott (1898)
"eurydice !"—LOWELL. He held himself aloof from womankind, dwelling constancy on the
... The Thracian maiden's Orpheus, eurydice and Mercury (Naples). ..."
2. The Opera Goers' Complete Guide: Comprising Two Hundred and Twenty-nine by Leo Leop Melitz, Richard Salinger (1913)
"But he must not turn his head to look at eurydice until he has left the shores
of the ... He inquires for eurydice. The chorus of happy ones console him. ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"THE EPISODE OF OR PR EUS AND eurydice, TRANSLATED FROM THE FOURTH ... the trembling
banks return'dj eurydice, with hollow voice he cry'd, t eurydice, ..."
4. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert Green Ingersoll (1901)
"The god relented, and said, " eurydice may go with you, but you must not look back."
So Orpheus again threaded the caverns, playing as he went, ..."
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