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eurydice

/jʊəˈɹɪdɪsi/

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What does eurydice mean?

proper noun

  1. A nymph and the wife of Orpheus.
  2. The name of various figures in Greek mythology.
  3. 75 Eurydike, a main belt asteroid.
More meanings (1)

proper noun

  1. (rare) A female given name.

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/jʊəˈɹɪdɪsi/

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Let us keep steadily on with the music, and lead our Eurydice right through Hades until we have her safely over the Lethe, and we know sentimentality only as a name.
Annie Payson CallAs a Matter of CourseProject Gutenberg ebook #4385
He had also, by Deidamia, a son, Alexander, who lived and died in Egypt; and there are some who say that he had a son by Eurydice, named Corrhabus.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674