(4 syl.). Wife of Orpheus, killed by a serpent on her wedding
night. Orpheus went down to the infernal regions to seek her, and was
promised she should return on condition that he looked not back till
she had reached the upper world. When the poet got to the confines of
his journey, he turned his head to see if Eurydice were following, and
she was instantly caught back again into Hades.
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