Evadne
Americannoun
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the wife of Capaneus who threw herself on his funeral pyre.
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a daughter of Pelias, king of Iolcus.
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"Did we know it was going to be an amazing, international hit? No - we had no idea," chorister Evadne Anderson said.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025
He played Dr Evadne Hinge in the duo, who were well known in the 1970s and 1980s with TV shows on the BBC and a radio programmes on BBC Radio 2.
From BBC ● May 21, 2023
And Smith’s brash but vulnerable Evadne is compelling, particularly in scenes that show her squaring off against men.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2016
"Evadne," he said, "through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous—You darling!"
From "Persons Unknown" by Virginia Tracy
Evadne broke a way over fallen trees and stepping-stones imbedded in sea-sand, and gained the opposite bank.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 by Various
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