Eurydice
noun uk/jʊˈrɪd.ɪ.si/ us/jʊˈrɪd.ɪ.si/
欧律狄刻(希腊神话中诗人奥菲士的妻子,他试图将她从阴间解救出来)
in Greek mythology (= ancient stories), the wife of the poet Orpheus, whom he tried to save from the underworld (= a place where spirits of the dead go)
Orpheus loses Eurydice by looking back to see if she is following him out of the underworld. 奥菲士回头看欧律狄刻是否跟着自己离开了冥界,回头的那一刻就是他失去她的时候。
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- With their marriage crushed by Eurydice's death, Orpheus makes a bargain with Pluto to bring his wife back.
- Monteverdi's 1607 work depicted the ill-fated love story of Orpheus and Eurydice.
- The character, played in the film by Marlon Brando, finds his Eurydice in the shape of a woman who runs a store.
- The sculpture depicts Orpheus, who has played his lyre to calm the beast Cerberus, who is guarding the entrance to the underworld, so he can enter and find his wife, Eurydice.