Eurydice, shortly after her marriage, while wandering with the nymphs, her companions, was seen by the shepherd Aristæus, who was struck with her beauty and made advances to her. She fled, and in flying trod upon a snake in the grass, was bitten in the foot, and died.
Stutt eftir giftu sína, meðan hon spákaði saman við dísunum, ferðavinum sínum, bar hirðin Aristæus eyga við Eurydice; hann varð skotin í hennara yndi og royndi at nærkast henni. Hon flýddi, og sum hon støkk undan, steig hon á ein orm í grasinum, varð bitin í fótin og doyði.