eurydice

incontável · nome próprio

A proper noun from Greek mythology referring to the wife of Orpheus.

• 🇵🇹Nome próprio da mitologia grega, referente à esposa de Orfeu.

1. Mythological figure C1 formal

   In Greek mythology, the wife of the musician Orpheus, who died from a snakebite and was brought back from the underworld by her husband's music.

   • Orpheus descended into Hades to rescue Eurydice.
   • The story of Orpheus and Eurydice is a famous Greek myth.
   • Eurydice was allowed to leave the underworld on the condition that Orpheus not look back.

   🇵🇹Eurídice