0 in Greek mythology (= ancient stories), the wife of the poet Orpheus, whom he tried to save from the underworld (= a place where spirits of the dead go):
Orpheus loses Eurydice by looking back to see if she is following him out of the underworld.
With their marriage crushed by Eurydice's death, Orpheus makes a bargain with Pluto to bring his wife back.
Monteverdi's 1607 work depicted the ill-fated love story of Orpheus and Eurydice.
The character, played in the film by Marlon Brando, finds his Eurydice in the shape of a woman who runs a store.
The sculpture depicts Orpheus, who has played his lyre to calm the beast Cerberus, who is guarding the entrance to the underworld, so he can enter and find his wife, Eurydice.
