Eurydice Definition

yo͝o-rĭdĭ-sē
noun
The wife of Orpheus, whom he failed to rescue from the underworld when he looked back at her on their journey back to the upper world of the living and so violated the command of Hades.
American Heritage

The wife of Orpheus.

Webster's New World
pronoun

(Greek mythology) A nymph and the wife of Orpheus.

Wiktionary
(Greek mythology) The name of various figures in the Greek mythology.
Wiktionary

Origin of Eurydice

  • From Latin Eurydice, from Ancient Greek Εὐρυδίκη (Eurudikē).

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