person
Eurydice
also: wife of Orpheus
Wife of Orpheus, killed by a snakebite; all but won back from the dead, she is lost a second time when he looks back.
Reading notes
- Ibis §15 daughter-in-law of old Oeagrus and Calliope
Eurydice, wife of Orpheus (son of Oeagrus and Calliope), killed by a snakebite.
- Metamorphoses §10.286 Eurydice
Orpheus's bride, killed by a serpent's bite, for whom he descends to the underworld.