Eurydice

American  

[yoo-rid-uh-see, yuh-] / yʊˈrɪd əˌsi, yə- /

Also Eurydike

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. Also called Agriope.  the wife of Orpheus.

2. the wife of Creon of Thebes.

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Eurydice British  

/ jʊˈrɪdɪsɪ /

noun

1. Greek myth a dryad married to Orpheus, who sought her in Hades after she died. She could have left Hades with him had he not broken his pact and looked back at her

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Example Sentences

And she sings most of the Orpheus music from Gluck’s opera: I wish a complete recording, with equally sensitive artists taking on the roles of Eurydice and Amor, could have been put together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

The actor and singer star enters Broadway’s “Hadestown,” the brooding 2019 Tony Award-winning musical about the underworld, which intertwines the myths of Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and Persephone.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

She also took inspiration from Greek mythology and its characters, such as Persephone and Eurydice, who are often the victims of betrayal.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2023

Eurydice or some irrelevant lovely bug — what’s the difference, in the end?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2023

When Ptolemy I started to show evidence of favoring succession to one of his younger sons, the future Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Demetrius opined in favor of the interests of Eurydice, the old king’s first wife.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro