Eurydice
E162830
Eurydice is a figure from Greek mythology best known as the wife of Orpheus, whose tragic death and attempted rescue from the underworld form one of the most famous mythic love stories.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eurydice canonical | 31 |
| Euridice | 1 |
| Eurydice, wife of Orpheus | 1 |
| Eurydike | 1 |
| death of Eurydice | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1414239 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eurydice Context triple: [Orpheus, spouse, Eurydice]
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A.
Eurydice I
Eurydice I was a Macedonian queen of the Argead dynasty, grandmother of Alexander the Great and an influential royal matriarch in 4th-century BCE Macedon.
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B.
Orpheus
Orpheus is a legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek mythology, famed for his enchanting music that could charm all living things and even the gods of the underworld.
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C.
Persephone
Persephone is the Greek goddess of spring and queen of the underworld, known for her abduction by Hades and her role in the myth explaining the seasons.
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D.
Atropos
Atropos is the Fate in Greek mythology who determines the end of a mortal’s life by cutting their thread.
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E.
Despoina
Despoina is a mysterious Arcadian goddess in Greek mythology associated with Demeter and often linked to secret fertility and underworld cults.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eurydice Target entity description: Eurydice is a figure from Greek mythology best known as the wife of Orpheus, whose tragic death and attempted rescue from the underworld form one of the most famous mythic love stories.
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A.
Eurydice I
Eurydice I was a Macedonian queen of the Argead dynasty, grandmother of Alexander the Great and an influential royal matriarch in 4th-century BCE Macedon.
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B.
Orpheus
Orpheus is a legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek mythology, famed for his enchanting music that could charm all living things and even the gods of the underworld.
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C.
Persephone
Persephone is the Greek goddess of spring and queen of the underworld, known for her abduction by Hades and her role in the myth explaining the seasons.
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D.
Atropos
Atropos is the Fate in Greek mythology who determines the end of a mortal’s life by cutting their thread.
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E.
Despoina
Despoina is a mysterious Arcadian goddess in Greek mythology associated with Demeter and often linked to secret fertility and underworld cults.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
ⓘ
Virgil’s Georgics ⓘ
linked to:
Georgics
myth of Orpheus and Eurydice ⓘ |
| associatedMortalWorldSetting |
Thrace (in some versions of the myth)
ⓘ
linked to:
Thrace
|
| associatedWith |
Hades
ⓘ
Persephone ⓘ Underworld ⓘ wedding gone wrong (death soon after marriage) ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Women in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | snake bite ⓘ |
| conditionOfRelease | Orpheus must not look back at her until reaching the upper world ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| diesFrom | snake bite ⓘ |
| etymology | often interpreted as “wide justice” or “broad justice” ⓘ |
| fateInMyth | returns permanently to the underworld when Orpheus looks back ⓘ |
| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| hasGenre | heroic-lyric myth ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
loss and irreversibility
ⓘ
love stronger than death ⓘ trust and disobedience ⓘ |
| influenced |
later literature about tragic lovers
ⓘ
operas based on Orpheus and Eurydice ⓘ visual art depicting Orpheus in the underworld ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Ovid
ⓘ
Virgil ⓘ |
| modeOfDeath | accidental ⓘ |
| mythType | tragic love story ⓘ |
| nameInGreek | Εὐρυδίκη ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | motivation for Orpheus’s descent to the underworld ⓘ |
| notableFor |
descent to the underworld myth
ⓘ
marriage to Orpheus ⓘ |
| relatedMyth | Orpheus’s katabasis (descent to the underworld) ⓘ |
| relationship | beloved of Orpheus ⓘ |
| residenceAfterDeath | Underworld ⓘ |
| spouse | Orpheus ⓘ |
| spouseAction |
Orpheus attempts to rescue her from the underworld
ⓘ
linked to:
myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
|
| symbolism |
irretrievable loss
ⓘ
lost beloved ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfMyth | Archaic and Classical Greek tradition (as later recorded in Roman literature) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Eurydice Description of subject: Eurydice is a figure from Greek mythology best known as the wife of Orpheus, whose tragic death and attempted rescue from the underworld form one of the most famous mythic love stories.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Eurydice
subject linked to:
Amor
subject linked to:
Amor
subject linked to:
Jacques Offenbach’s operetta Orphée aux enfers
subject linked to:
Jean Cocteau’s film Orphée
subject linked to:
Marcel Camus’s film Black Orpheus
linked to: Eurydice
linked to: Eurydice
linked to: Eurydice
subject linked to:
It's Never Over (Oh Orpheus)