Eurydice (disambiguation)

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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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 (genus), a genus of isopod crustaceans

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