Eurydice

• “_Eridica_, _Eurydice_, or the lion tamed, _i. e._ the violence of the inundation overcome), and as the Greeks took all these figures in the literal, not in the emblematical sense, they made Eurydice the wife of”

  Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed)

• “The opera of "Eurydice" is short, the printed copy containing only fifty-eight pages, and the music is almost entirely recitative.”

  A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present

• “Just as Orpheus’s gaze back at Eurydice is a kind of forgetting,”

  Darkness Audible: Negative Capability and Mark Doty’s 'Nocturne in Black and Gold'

• “The Isis placed near this Horus, they called Eurydice, (from _eri_, a _lion_, and _daca_, _tamed_, is formed”

  Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed)

• “Opening a new gate on a previously isolated world called Eurydice, she and her crew encounter a leftover war machine too powerful to deal with -- and suddenly her entire career spins out of control.”

  Asimov's Science Fiction

• “They called Eurydice and she came, like a young guest unused to the darkness of the Underworld.”

  Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew

• “But as the waters bore it down, the lips whose singing had charmed the world still repeated the beloved name Eurydice to the waters as they flowed.”

  Among Famous Books

• “The play tells the story from the perspective of the young, doomed bride Eurydice, which is rare enough.”

  The Seattle Times

• “By scratching the April production of "Eurydice," a twist on the Orpheus myth by playwright Sarah Ruhl, Mr. Clark estimates he'll save the company up to $50,000.”

  The Wall Street Journal: A (Half-Price) Night at the Opera

• “Among the fragments is a brilliant aria on Eurydice which is rather ridiculous, while another on Eurydice dying is charming.”

  Musical Memories

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