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Acrisius was the husband of Eurydice [6] or Aganippe [7] and thus grandfather of the hero Perseus through their daughter Danae. His other daughter was Evarete , wife of King Oenomaus of Pisa in Elis .
Eurydice (/ j ʊəˈr ɪ d ɪ s iː /; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη 'wide justice', classical pronunciation: [eu̯.ry.dí.kɛː]) was a character in Greek mythology and the wife of Orpheus, whom Orpheus tried to bring back from the dead with his enchanting music.
In Greek mythology, Eurydice (/ j ʊəˈr ɪ d ɪ s i /; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη, Eὐrudíkē "wide justice", derived from ευρυς eurys "wide" and δικη dike "justice) sometimes called Henioche, [1] was the wife of Creon, a king of Thebes.
Eurydice, a Spartan princess as the daughter of King Lacedaemon. She was the mother of Danae by her husband King Acrisius of Argos. [7] Eurydice, daughter of Adrastus, wife of Ilus, and mother of King Laomedon. [8] Eurydice, wife of Neleus, mother of Thrasymedes. [9] Eurydice, an Elean princess as the daughter of King Pelops of Pisa.
In Greek mythology, Lycurgus (/laɪˈkɜːrɡəs/; Ancient Greek: Λυκοῦργος Lykoûrgos, Ancient Greek: /lykôrɡos/), also spelled Lykurgos or Lykourgos, was the son of Pheres, and the husband of Eurydice (or Amphithea) by whom he was the father of Opheltes.
Eurydice, once again relatively powerless, accompanied her husband and Antipater to Macedon. But the death of Antipater in 319 BC, the more feeble character of Polyperchon , who succeeded him as regent, and the failure of his enterprises in Greece , and above all, the favourable disposition he evinced towards Olympias , determined her again to ...
Eurydice was the daughter of King Lacedaemon and Queen Sparta, the legendary founders of Sparta and thus sister to Amyclas. [1] Later on, Eurydice married King Acrisius of Argos and became the mother of Danaë who begot the celebrated hero Perseus. Her other daughter was possibly Evarete, wife of Oenomaus, king of Pisa in Elis. [2]
Cleopatra was a maiden whom Philip II married either in 338 [3] or 337 [4] BC and was his seventh wife. [5]Eurydice was significantly younger than her husband [6] but her exact age at the time of her marriage is unknown.