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EURYDICE (Evpuiixq)

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 953 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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EURYDICE (Evpuiixq)

EURYDICE (Evpuiixq) , in . See also:

Greek See also:

MYTHOLOGY

mythology, the wife of See also:

ORPHEUS

Orpheus (q.v.) . She was the daughter of See also:

NEREUS

Nereus and See also:

DORIS

Doris, and died from the bite of a See also:

SERPENT (Lat. serpens, creeping, from serpere; cf. "reptile " from repere, Gr.4 ml-eta)

serpent when fleeing from See also:

ARISTAEUS

Aristaeus, who wished to offer her violence (See also:

Virgil, Georgics, iv . 454-527; See also:

OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid, Metam. x . 1 ff.) .

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