Evadne

[ ih-vad-nee ]

/ ɪˈvæd ni /

the wife of Capaneus who threw herself on his funeral pyre.

a daughter of Pelias, king of Iolcus.

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

anchorite

Trembling still, and not knowing how to relate it, Evadne stammered forth some words of her history.
The Atlantic Monthly , Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858|Various
The next day I succeeded by hook or by crook in guiding the pet lambs, Evadne included, in the way they should go.
The Mountebank|William J. Locke
She was herself the only Juliet, as she was the only Bianca, and the only Evadne, she had ever seen upon any stage.
Mary Anderson|J. M. Farrar
Then, whether for Deutch's or Ingham's sake, or for Evadne's, there was something oppressive in the sunshine.
"Persons Unknown"|Virginia Tracy

I passed the paper to my neighbour Evadne, healthily deep in porridge.
The Mountebank|William J. Locke