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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, wife of Neleus, mother of Thrasymedes. [9] Eurydice, an Elean princess as the daughter of King Pelops of Pisa. She was the wife of Electryon, and grandmother of Heracles. [10] Eurydice, wife of Orpheus who attempted to bring her back from the Underworld. [11] Eurydice, wife of King Creon of Thebes and mother of Haemon, Menoeceus and ...
Creon was the son of Menoeceus, and grandson of King Pentheus. Creon had four sons and three daughters with his wife, Eurydice (sometimes known as Henioche): Henioche, Pyrrha, Megareus, Lycomedes and Haemon. Creon and his sister, Jocasta, were descendants of Cadmus and of the Spartoi.
Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein Stub, Orpheus and Eurydice, 1806, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. Eurydice was the wife of musician Orpheus, who loved her dearly; on their wedding day, he played joyful songs as his bride danced through the meadow. One day, Aristaeus saw and pursued Eurydice, who stepped on a viper, was bitten, and died ...
Eurydice of Egypt, wife of Ptolemy I Soter, king of Egypt; Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon, wife of Philip II of Macedon; Eurydice (wife of Antipater II of Macedon), daughter of Lysimachus and Nicaea; Eurydice of Athens, one of the wives of Demetrius I Poliorcetes; Eurydice Dixon (1995 – 2018), Australian comedian and actress murdered in a ...
Henioche or Eniocha, wife of King Creon of Thebes according to some authors, [2] more commonly known as Eurydice. [3] She was probably the mother of Menoeceus , Lycomedes, Haemon, and Pyrrha. Henioche, daughter of Creon by either the above Henioche [2] or Eurydice. [3] She was probably the sister of Menoeceus, Lycomedes, Haemon, and Pyrrha.
The play draws its plot on Polynices' burial from Sophocles' Antigone, though it substitutes Creon's widow Eurydice for Creon. Theseus receives news by mobile phone of his wife Phaedra, her incestuous love for his son by a previous marriage Hippolytus and its aftermath, all drawing on Euripides' Hippolytus.
In Greek mythology, according to Homer's Odyssey, Eurydice (/ j ʊəˈr ɪ d ɪ s i /; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη, Eurydikē "wide justice", derived from ευρυς eurys "wide" and δικη dike "justice"), the eldest daughter of Clymenus, was the wife of Nestor. [1]