Poetry · Character
Eurydice
Mythological figure, wife of Orpheus, referenced.
minor
First appearance: the lily of yorrow
Eurydice shows up with force in The White Bees. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The nymph whose flight from Aristæus leads to her death and the loss of his bees.
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In The White Bees: The nymph whose flight from Aristæus leads to her death and the loss of his bees. Later, in Robert Browning: Referenced indirectly through the 'tragic mask of wise Euripides,' representing the…
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- Closing
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