Biography Eurydice

Eurydice (Eurudikh) – one of the Dryads, wife of the mythical Thracian singer Orpheus. When E. died, stung like a snake, Orpheus descended into Hell and his singing so touched Persephone, that she allowed him to again take away IE on the ground, provided, however, on condition that he not look back until they go. Orpheus looked back, and EA has remained in the realm of shadows. This scene is depicted in several ancient reliefs.

The wife of the Macedonian king Philip Arrhidaeus, in contrast to his feeble-minded husband, but of good intelligence and energy. She was in conflict with the Olympics, the mother of Alexander VI, and protected the son of Antipater, Cassandra. In 317, Philip E., and fell into the hands of the Olympics. Philip she ordered to kill, and E. long kept in prison, hoping to break her pride. When she is not reached, the proposed EA itself choose family death. EA committed suicide by hanging.