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noun
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Also called
Agriope.
the wife of Orpheus.
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the wife of Creon of Thebes.
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Islands of the Blessed
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one of a race of female warriors said to dwell near the Black Sea
a mountain nymph who pined away for love of the beautiful youth Narcissus until only her voice remained
the daughters of Gaea who punish crimes at the instigation of the victims: Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone
a fabled monster, usually having the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion
islands in the ocean at the remotest western end of the world, to which the souls of heroes and worthy persons were transported after death
a monster with the head and breast of a woman, body of a lion and wings of an eagle, who asked riddles to travelers
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Eurydice
(jʊˈrɪdɪsɪ)
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n
Greek myth
a dryad married to Orpheus, who sought her in Hades after she died. She could have left Hades with him had he not broken his pact and looked back at her
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