Eurydice

Also Eu·ryd·i·ke

[yoo-rid-uh-see, yuh-]

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. Also called Agriope. the wife of Orpheus.

2. the wife of Creon of Thebes.

Eurydice

/ 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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I’m not just talking about Orpheus retrieving Eurydice, Dante’s “Inferno” and Virgil’s “Aeneid.”

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Other highlights include opera incorporating circus performers for a fusion of music and acrobatics in Orpheus And Eurydice, and Breaking Bach - where hip-hop meets 18th-century period instruments.

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He’s now an idolized pop star whose songs are all about her; where Eurydice was only a beautiful love object, Riddy has agency and independence.

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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.

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Driven to desperation, Eurydice makes a deal with Hades: her life in exchange for an end to her suffering.

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