Eurydice
In Greek Mythology, Eurydice may refer to:
- Eurydice, wife of the musician Orpheus
- Eurydice of Thebes, wife of Creon and mother of Haemon and Megara
- Eurydice of Argos, wife of King Acrisius and mother of Danae
- Eurydice of Mycenae, daughter of Pelops, wife of Electryon, and mother of Alcmena
- Eurydice of Pylos, daughter of Clymenus, wife of Nestor
- Eurydice of Troy, daughter of Adrastus, wife of Ilus, and mother of King Laomedon
- Eurydice, mother of Opheltes by King Lycurgus of Nemea
- Eurydice, wife of Neleus, mother of Thrasymedes
- Eurydice, daughter of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle
- Eurydice, wife of Aeneas, mother of Ascanius and Etias
- Eurydice, a Nereid
- Eurydice, one of the Danaids, daughter of Danaus and Polyxo. She married (and murdered) Dryas, son of Aegyptus and Caliadne.
Historical women
- Eurydice II of Macedon, mother of the king of Macedonia, Philip II
- Eurydice III of Macedon, 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 II of Macedon
- Euridice of Athens,wife of Demetrius I Poliorcetes
Other uses
- Eurydice (European Network), The Information Network on Education in Europe
- Eurydice (play), the name of a play written by Sarah Ruhl
- Euridice (opera), the name of an opera written in 1600 by Jacopo Peri and Ottavio Rinuccini
- 75 Eurydike, an asteroid
- Eurydice, a modern poem by Carol Ann Duffy, featured in The World's Wife.
- Eurydice, a poem by Harryette Mullen in her book Sleeping with the Dictionary.
- Eurydice is the title of a painting by Ludwig Löfftz
- HMS Eurydice, name of two British warships of the 18th and 19th centuries.
- "Eurydice", a song by The Crüxshadows
- Eurydice Shrine (accompanied with the tune, Unwavering Resolve), is the stage that Sophitia and Cassandra share in Soulcalibur II.
- Eurydice pulchra, the species of crustacean commonly known as the speckled sea louse.
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Extended Definition: Eurydice
Eurydice
In Greek mythology, Eurydice (Eurydíkê, Ευρυδίκη) was an oak nymph or a sweet maiden. She was the wife of Orpheus. Orpheus loved her dearly; on their wedding day, Orpheus played songs filled with happiness as his bride danced through the meadow. One day, a satyr had seen her and pursued her. According to legend, Eurydice stepped on a snake and fell to the ground. The venomous snake had bitten her, leaving Eurydice dead. Distraught, Orpheus played and sang so mournfully that all the nymphs and gods wept. In their saddened states, they told him to travel to the Underworld and retrieve her. Orpheus did so, and by his music softened the hearts of Hades and Persephone, his singing so sweet that even the Erinyes wept. In another version, Orpheus played his lyre to put the guardian of Hades, Cerberus, to sleep. It was then granted that Eurydice be allowed to return with him to the world of the living. But the condition was attached that he should walk in front of her and not look back until he had reached the upper world. In his anxiety, he broke his promise, and Eurydice vanished again from his sight - this time forever.
The story in this form belongs to the time of Virgil, who first introduces the name of Aristaeus in his work Georgics (29BC). Other ancient writers, however, speak of Orpheus' visit to the underworld; according to Plato, the infernal gods only "presented an apparition" of Eurydice to him.
The story of Orpheus and Eurydice has been depicted in a number of works by famous artists, including Titian, Peter Paul Rubens, Nicolas Poussin, and, in Contemporary Art, Bracha L. Ettinger whose "Eurydice" Series, exhibited in Pompidou Centre; Paris (Face à l'Histore, 1996), the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam ("Kabinet", 1997) and The Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerpen ("Gorge(l)", 2007), has inspired ample writings in the fields of ethics, aesthetics, art and feminist theory. It has also been retold as an opera by Jacopo Peri, C W Gluck and Yevstigney Fomin, a play by Sarah Ruhl, and in the comic book The Sandman by Neil Gaiman. It also forms the basis for the 1967 song "From the Underworld" by The Herd.
See also
- List of characters in Metamorphoses
- Euridice, an opera by Jacopo Peri
- Orfeo ed Euridice, an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck
- Eurydice, a play by Sarah Ruhl
- Orfeu Negro, a 1959 adaptation of the classic myth, filmed in Brazil
References
- Ovid, Metamorphoses 10
- Apollodorus, The Library 1.3.2
- Pausanias, Description of Greece 9.30
- Virgil, Georgics 4.453
- Plato, Symposium
- Sleepthief,"Eurydice" featuring Jody Quine"
- Griselda Pollock, "Abandoned at the Mouth of Hell". In: Looking Back to the Future. G&B Arts. ISBN 90-5701-132-8.
- Judith Butler, "Bracha's Eurydice". In: Bracha Lichtenberg Ettinger: Eurydice Series. Edited by Catherine de Zegher and Brian Massumi. Drawing Papers n.24. The Drawing center, NY, 2001. Reprinted in: Theory, Culture and Society, 21(1), 2004. ISSN 0263-2764.
- Emmanuel Levinas in conversation with Bracha L. Ettinger, "What would Eurydice Say?" (1991-1993). Reprinted in 1997. Reprinted in Athena: Philosophical Studies, Volume 2, 2006. ISSN 1822-5047.
- Dorota Glowaka, "Lyotard and Eurydice". In: Margaret Grebowicz (ed.),Gender after Lyotard. NY: Suny Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-7914-6956-9
- Christine Buci-Glucksmann, "Eurydice and her Doubles. Painting after Auschwitz", in: Artworking 1985-1999, Amsterdam: Ludion, 2000. ISBN 90-5544-283-6.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Eurydice". Image Credit.
