Eury̆dĭce

, the wife of Amyntas king of Macedonia. She had by her husband, Alexander, Perdiccas, and Philip, and one daughter called Euryone. A criminal partiality for her daughter’s husband, to whom she offered her hand and the kingdom, made her conspire against Amyntas, who must have fallen a victim to her infidelity had not Euryone discovered it. Amyntas forgave her, Alexander ascended the throne after his father’s death, and perished by the ambition of his mother; Perdiccas, who succeeded him, shared his fate; but Philip, who was the next in succe ion, secured himself against all attempts from his mother, and ascended the throne with peace and universal satisfaction. Eurydice fled to I phi crates the A then i an general for protection. The manner of her death is unknown. Cornel i us Nepos , I phi crates , ch. 3 .――A daughter of Amyntas, who married her uncle Aridæus, the illegitimate son of Philip. After the death of Alexander the Great, Aridæus ascended the throne of Macedonia, but he was totally governed by the intrigues of his wife, who called back Cas sander, and joined her forces with his to march against Poly perch on and Olympias. Eurydice was forsaken by her troops. Aridæus was pierced through with arrows by order of Olympias, who commanded Eurydice to destroy herself either by poison, the sword, or the halter. She chose the latter.――The wife of the poet Orpheus. As she fled before Aristæus, who wished to offer her violence, she was bit by a serpent in the gra , and died of the wound. Orpheus was so disconsolate that he ventured to go to hell, where, by the melody of his lyre, he obtained from Pluto the restoration of his wife to life, provided he did not look behind before he came upon earth. He violated the conditions, as his eagerne to see his wife rendered him forgetful. He looked behind, and Eurydice was for ever taken from him. See: Orpheus . Virgil , Georgics , bk. 4 , li. 457 , . — Pausanias , bk. 9 , ch. 30 .— Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 10 , li. 30 , . ――A daughter of Adrastus. Apollo dor us , bk. 3 , ch. 12 .――One of the Danaides, who married Dyas. Apollo dor us , bk. 2 , ch. 1 .――The wife of Lycurgus king of Nemæa in Peloponnesus. Apollo dor us , bk. 1 , ch. 9 .――A daughter of Actor. Apollo dor us. ――A wife of Æneas. Pausanias , bk. 10 , ch. 26 .――A daughter of Amphiaraus. Pausanias , bk. 3 , ch. 17 .――A daughter of Anti pater, who married one of the Ptolemies. Pausanias , bk. 1 , ch. 7 .――A daughter of king Philip. Pausanias , bk. 5 , ch. 17 .――A daughter of Lacedæmon. Pausanias , bk. 3 , ch. 13 .――A daughter of Clymenus, who married Nestor. Homer , Ody ey .――A wife of Demetrius, descended from Miltiades. Plutarch , Demetrius .