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In Greek mythology, Eurydice (/jʊəˈrɪdɪsi/; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη , Eurydikē "wide justice", derived from ευρυς eurys "wide" and δικη dike "justice) was an Argive queen as the wife of Acrisius, king of Argos. She was the mother of Danaë and therefore maternal grandmother to Perseus. Her other daughter was possibly, Evarete, wife of Oenomaus, king of Pisa in Elis.[1] Eurydice was said to have been a daughter of Lacedaemon and Sparta, the legendary founders of Sparta and thus, sister to Amyclas, king of Lacedaemonia.[2] In some accounts, the wife of Acrisius was called Aganippe.[3][4]

Danae

Danae's seated mother, a standing servant with basket, and a carpenter holding a hammer

Argive genealogy
Argive genealogy in Greek mythology

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Inachus Melia
Zeus Io Phoroneus
Epaphus Memphis
Libya Poseidon
Belus Achiroë Agenor Telephassa
Danaus Pieria Aegyptus Cadmus Cilix Europa Phoenix
Mantineus Hypermnestra Lynceus Harmonia Zeus
Polydorus
Sparta Lacedaemon Ocalea Abas Agave Sarpedon Rhadamanthus
Autonoë
Eurydice Acrisius Ino Minos
Zeus Danaë Semele Zeus
Perseus Dionysus


Notes

Hyginus, Fabulae 84
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.2.2
Hyginus, Fabulae 63

Scholiast, ad Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica iv.1091

References

Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996, ISBN 978-0-631-20102-1. "Eurydice" (2), p. 157.
Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. . Greek text .


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