# Eurydice — Poetry character guide

> Eurydice in Poetry by Henry van Dyke Jr..

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0012-the-lily-of-yorrow

## Who they are

Mythological figure, wife of Orpheus, referenced.

## In the story

### [The White Bees](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_10_se/chapters/the-white-bees)

The nymph whose flight from Aristæus leads to her death and the loss of his bees.

### [Robert Browning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_10_se/chapters/robert-browning)

Referenced indirectly through the 'tragic mask of wise Euripides,' representing the dramatic tradition.

## Links

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