Eurydice
noun
uk/jʊˈrɪd.ɪ.si/us/jʊˈrɪd.ɪ.si/inGreekmythology(=ancientstories), thewifeof thepoetOrpheus, whom hetriedtosavefrom theunderworld(= aplacewherespiritsof thedeadgo):
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)OrpheuslosesEurydice bylookingback toseeif she isfollowinghim out of theunderworld.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。
- Withtheirmarriagecrushedby Eurydice'sdeath, Orpheus makes abargainwithPlutotobringhiswifeback.
- Monteverdi's 1607workdepictedtheill-fatedlovestoryof Orpheus and Eurydice.
- Thecharacter,playedin thefilmby Marlon Brando,findshis Eurydice in theshapeof a woman whorunsastore.
- ThesculpturedepictsOrpheus, who hasplayedhislyretocalmthebeastCerberus, who isguardingtheentranceto theunderworld, so he canenterandfindhiswife, Eurydice.
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