- This article is about the daughter of Pelops and wife of Electryon. For other similar named figures, see Eurydice (disambiguation).
Eurydice (Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη) is Pisan princess, a daughter of Pelops, who, like a number of her sisters, married into the House of Perseus, by marrying Electryon. She is notably the mother of Alcmene, the mother of Heracles.
Mythology[]
| “ | This, then, is the story as it has been given us: Perseus was the son of Danae, the daughter of Acrisius, and Zeus. Now Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus, lay with him and bore Electryon, and then Eurydice, the daughter of Pelops, married him and gave birth to Alcmene, who in turn was wooed by Zeus, who deceived her, and bore Heracles. | ” |
–Bibliotheca Historica Book 4, Diodorus Siculus | ||