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Eurўdĭce

Eurўdĭce · f

The wife of Orpheus

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What it meant

Eurўdĭce — Lewis & Short

Eurўdĭce, ēs, f., = *eu)rudi/kh.

I The wife of Orpheus, who died of the bite of a serpent. Orpheus obtained from Pluto permission to bring her back from the Lower World, under promise that he would not look back at her on the way. But, as he did not keep this promise, she returned to the Lower World, Ov. M. 10, 31 sq.; Verg. G. 4, 486 sqq.; Hyg. Fab. 164.—

II Daughter of Danaüs, Hyg. Fab. 170.

Where it came from

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