Eurydice (Greek myth)
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In Greek mythology, Eurydice (/jʊəˈrɪdɪsi/; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη, romanized: Eurydíkē, lit. 'wide justice', derived from εὐρύς, eurýs, 'wide' and δίκη, díkē, 'justice'), may refer to the following characters:
- Eurydice, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[1][2]
- Eurydice, wife of King Aeolus of Aeolia and mother of his sons, Sisyphus, Salmoneus and Cretheus.[3] She may be identical to Enarete, the daughter of Deïmachus, who was commonly called the mother of these progeny.[4]
- Eurydice, a Libyan princess as one of the 50 Danaïdes, daughter of King Danaus and the naiad Polyxo, who married (and murdered) Dryas.[5]
- Eurydice, one of the Cadmiades, the six daughters of Cadmus and Harmonia in a rare version of the myth. Her sisters were Ino, Agaue, Semele, Kleantho and Eurynome.[6]
- Eurydice, a Spartan princess as the daughter of King Lacedaemon. She was the mother of Danae by her husband King Acrisius of Argos.[7]
- Eurydice, daughter of Adrastus, wife of Ilus, and mother of King Laomedon.[8]
- Eurydice, wife of Neleus, mother of Thrasymedes.[9]
- 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 wife of Nestor.[13]
- Eurydice, an Argive princess as the daughter of King Amphiaraus and Eriphyle,[14] and thus, sister to Alcmaeon, Amphilochus, Demonassa, Alcmena[15] and Alexida.[16]
- Eurydice, wife of King Lycurgus (of Nemea) and mother of Opheltes.[17]
- Eurydice, wife of Aeneas, according to Lescheos and writer of the epic poem Cypria.[18]