Who was Eurydice?

Answer 1

Eurydice was the beloved wife of Orpheus, the singer. His love and ardence for his wife was such great and lofty that when Eurydice died, Orpheus went to Hades, the Netherworld to bring her back to life and home. Hades, the Lord of the Netherworld and his wife, Persephone, touched and enchanted by the beauty, melody and sweetness of his songs decided to let him take back Eurydice alive, on the one condition that once they give her back to him, he must walk in front and never look back, till they pass the outer bounds of the Netherworld or Eurydice will have to return permanently to the underworld and forever lost to him and he, Orpheus will fall to pieces. "Don't look back," Eurydice pleaded him. So thus they went off, Orpheus in front and Eurydice behind. But after a distance, his impatience and anxiety tempted Orpheus to look back once to see whether the Netherworld King's promise was real and being kept, as it was unique and unprecedented, and also to check whether Eurydice was really following or was it all a dream. The instant he looked back, Eurydice dropped a tear and saying "good bye dear, forever", vanished from his sight, returning permanently to the netherworld. Depressed and lost, Orpheus walked away, dropped a tear and fell to pieces.