Eurydice

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Eurydĭce, ēs, f., = Εὐρυδίκη.

I The wife of Orpheus , who died of the bite of a serpent. Orpheus obtained from Pluto permission to bring her back from the Lower World , under promise that he would not look back at her on the way. But , as he did not keep this promise , she returned to the Lower World , Ov. M. 10, 31 sq.; Verg. G. 4, 486 sqq.; Hyg. Fab. 164.—

II Daughter of Danaüs , Hyg. Fab. 170.