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Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein Stub, Orpheus and Eurydice, 1806, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. Eurydice was the Auloniad wife of musician Orpheus, [4] [5] [6] who loved her dearly; on their wedding day, he played joyful songs as his bride danced through the meadow.
In Greek mythology, Eurydice (/ j ʊəˈr ɪ d ɪ s i /; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη, Eὐrudíkē "wide justice", derived from ευρυς eurys "wide" and δικη dike "justice) sometimes called Henioche, [1] was the wife of Creon, a king of Thebes.
Orpheus and Eurydice, a painting by Titian (c. 1508) Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice, a painting by Poussin (1650–1653) Orpheus and Euridice, a painting by Federico Cervelli; Orpheus Mourning the Death of Eurydice, a painting by Ary Scheffer (1814) Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld, a painting by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1861)
Eurydice, an Elean princess as the daughter of King Pelops of Pisa. She was the wife of Electryon, and grandmother of Heracles. [10] Eurydice, wife of Orpheus who attempted to bring her back from the Underworld. [11] Eurydice, wife of King Creon of Thebes and mother of Haemon, Menoeceus and Megara. [12] Eurydice, eldest daughter of Clymenus and ...
Eurydice, wife of Amyntas I of Macedon and mother of Alexander I of Macedon; Eurydice I of Macedon, mother of the king of Macedonia, Philip II; Eurydice II of Macedon (died 317 BC), wife of the nominal king of Macedonia, Philip Arrhidaeus; Eurydice of Egypt, wife of Ptolemy I Soter, king of Egypt; Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon, wife of Philip ...
Henioche or Eniocha, wife of King Creon of Thebes according to some authors, [2] more commonly known as Eurydice. [3] She was probably the mother of Menoeceus , Lycomedes, Haemon, and Pyrrha. Henioche, daughter of Creon by either the above Henioche [2] or Eurydice. [3] She was probably the sister of Menoeceus, Lycomedes, Haemon, and Pyrrha.
U.S. Army Program Manager Maj. Eurydice S. Stanley speaks with Mary Crawford Ragland, a former member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion on February 25, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia.
Eurydice's birth name was Adea. She was brought up by her mother Cynane. [2] [3] She accompanied her mother on her daring expedition to Asia to meet Alexander the Great's troops after his death, with the hope of marrying Eurydice to Philip III. [4]