Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of isopods, of the family Cymothoidæ, containing such as E. pulchra.
- noun A genus of mollusks.
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- proper noun Greek mythology A
nymph and the wife ofOrpheus . - proper noun Greek mythology The name of various figures in the Greek mythology.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Greek mythology) the wife of Orpheus
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_Eridica_, _Eurydice_, or the lion tamed, _i. e._ the violence of the inundation overcome), and as the Greeks took all these figures in the literal, not in the emblematical sense, they made Eurydice the wife of
Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) Charles K. Dillaway
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The opera of "Eurydice" is short, the printed copy containing only fifty-eight pages, and the music is almost entirely recitative.
A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874
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Just as Orpheus’s gaze back at Eurydice is a kind of forgetting,
Darkness Audible: Negative Capability and Mark Dotys 'Nocturne in Black and Gold' 2003
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The Isis placed near this Horus, they called Eurydice, (from _eri_, a _lion_, and _daca_, _tamed_, is formed
Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) Charles K. Dillaway
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Opening a new gate on a previously isolated world called Eurydice, she and her crew encounter a leftover war machine too powerful to deal with -- and suddenly her entire career spins out of control.
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They called Eurydice and she came, like a young guest unused to the darkness of the Underworld.
Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew Josephine Preston Peabody 1898
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But as the waters bore it down, the lips whose singing had charmed the world still repeated the beloved name Eurydice to the waters as they flowed.
Among Famous Books John Kelman 1896
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The play tells the story from the perspective of the young, doomed bride Eurydice, which is rare enough.
The Seattle Times 2008
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By scratching the April production of "Eurydice," a twist on the Orpheus myth by playwright Sarah Ruhl, Mr. Clark estimates he'll save the company up to $50,000.
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Among the fragments is a brilliant aria on Eurydice which is rather ridiculous, while another on Eurydice dying is charming.
Musical Memories Saint-Saens, Camille 1919
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