Greek mythology
Eurydice
The bride Orpheus almost led back from death
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Group
- Mortal · Nymphs
- Appears in
- Orpheus and Eurydice
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Eurydice is the wife of the musician Orpheus, killed by a viper's bite on their wedding day. Her grieving husband descends into the Underworld and so moves Hades and Persephone with his song that they release her, on one condition: he must not look back until both reach the light. A step from the surface he turns, and she slips away into the dark forever.
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- Who is Eurydice?
- Eurydice is the wife of the musician Orpheus, killed by a viper's bite on their wedding day. Her grieving husband descends into the Underworld and so moves Hades and Persephone with his song that they release her, on one condition: he must not look back until both reach the light.
- Which mythology does Eurydice belong to?
- Eurydice belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Eurydice appear in?
- Eurydice appears in Orpheus and Eurydice, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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