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Eurydice

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Evpvbucn), in Greek mythology, the wife of Orpheus. She was the daughter of Nereus and Doris, and died from the bite of a serpent when fleeing from Aristaeus, who wished to offer her violence (Virgil, Georgics, iv. 454-527 Ovid, Metam. x. 1 ff.).

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Eurydice'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​e/eurydice.html. 1910.
 
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