Eurydice
Lost to glancing
Eurydice is a figure from Greek mythology, the wife of Orpheus.
When she died from a snakebite, Orpheus descended to the underworld and charmed Hades with his music, winning permission to lead her back to the living—on the condition he not look back.
He looked; she vanished forever.
The story has inspired countless operas, poems, and films exploring love, loss, and the impossibility of undoing death.
Legendary Greek musician
- underworldRealm of the departed
- HadesGreek afterlife realm
- lyreSmall plucked string instrument
- deathCessation of life
backward glance · shade · nymph · descent · loss · Hermes · serpent · bride
Original model for copies
- museThink deeply about
- belovedOne who is treasured
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
metaphor · elegy · Rilke · Ovid · Virgil · Metamorphoses · symbol · silence
Operatic solo piece
- librettoOpera's written words
- BaroqueOrnate artistic period
- countertenorHigh-voiced male singer
- lamentMournful expression of grief
Monteverdi · recitative · bel canto · pastoral · tragic heroine · coloratura · Vienna · Berlioz
French bronze sculptor
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
- paintingPigment on canvas
- RubensBaroque Flemish painter
- WaterhouseEnglish hereditary family name
Pre-Raphaelite · neoclassical · frieze · vase · relief · marble · canvas · embrace
Sun-orbiting rocky mass
- minor planetSmall sun-orbiting body
- celestial bodyNatural space object
- orbitCurved celestial path
- discoveryAct of finding something
1862 · Peters · nomenclature · classification · solar system · magnitude · rotation
Orpheus
Legendary Greek musician
- underworldRealm of the departed
- HadesGreek afterlife realm
- lyreSmall plucked string instrument
backward glance · death · shade · nymph · descent · loss · Hermes · serpent · bride · Thrace
archetype
Original model for copies
grief · metaphor · elegy · Rilke · Ovid · Virgil · Metamorphoses · symbol · silence · voicelessness
aria
Operatic solo piece
- librettoOpera's written words
- BaroqueOrnate artistic period
- countertenorHigh-voiced male singer
Monteverdi · lament · recitative · bel canto · pastoral · tragic heroine · coloratura · Vienna · Berlioz · overture
Rodin
French bronze sculptor
Waterhouse · Pre-Raphaelite · neoclassical · frieze · vase · relief · marble · canvas · embrace · parting
asteroid
Sun-orbiting rocky mass
- minor planetSmall sun-orbiting body
- celestial bodyNatural space object
- orbitCurved celestial path
discovery · 1862 · Peters · nomenclature · classification · solar system · magnitude · rotation
- Nymphsnaiad, naiads, nereid, nereids, dryad
- Greek mythologyZeus, Athena, Apollo, Hera, Poseidon
- Classical FiguresZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Hades
- Greek NamesAlexander, Alexandra, Anastasia, Andreas, Athena
- Romantic FiguresRomeo, Juliet, Casanova, Don Juan, Cleopatra
- UnderworldHades, Tartarus, netherworld, Sheol, Styx