Eurydice (Greek myth)
In Greek mythology, Eurydice (/jʊəˈrɪdɪsi/; Greek: Εὐρυδίκη, Eurydikē "wide justice", derived from ευρυς eurys "wide" and δικη dike "justice), may refer to the following characters:
- Eurydice, a Nereid.[1]
- Eurydice, one of the Danaids, daughter of Danaus and Polyxo, who married (and murdered) Dryas.[2]
- Eurydice of Argos, daughter of Lacedaemon and mother of Danae by her husband King Acrisius.[3]
- Eurydice of Troy, daughter of Adrastus, wife of Ilus, and mother of King Laomedon.[4]
- Eurydice, wife of Neleus, mother of Thrasymedes.[5]
- Eurydice of Mycenae, daughter of Pelops, wife of Electryon, and grandmother of Heracles.[6]
- Eurydice, wife of Orpheus who he attempted to bring back from the Underworld.[7]
- Eurydice of Thebes, wife of Creon and mother of Haemon, Menoeceus and Megara.[8]
- Eurydice of Pylos, daughter of Clymenus, wife of Nestor.[9]
- Eurydice, daughter of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle.[10]
- Eurydice of Nemea, wife of King Lycurgus of Nemea and mother of Opheltes.[11]
- Eurydice, wife of Aeneas, mother of Ascanius and Etias.[12]
References
- ↑ Hyginus. Fabulae, Preface
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 2.1.5
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 2.2.2
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 3.12.3
- ↑ Hyginus. Fabulae 97
- ↑ Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca Historica, Book 4.9.1
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 1.3.2; Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca Historica, Book 4.25.1
- ↑ Sophocles. Ant.1180, 1300 and passim
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 1.9.9; Homer. Odyssey, Book 3.452
- ↑ Pausanias. Description of Greece, 5.17.7
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 1.9.14; Statius. Thebaid, 4.136
- ↑ Pausanias. Description of Greece, 3.22.10 & 10.26.2
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