Andromache
Andromakhe
Wife of Hector.
Group
Events
- Neoptolemus take Andromache as a war captive
- Andromache pleads with Hector not to fight against the Achaeans
- Andromache and her household mourn Hector
- Hector tells Andromache that he cannot walk away from fighting the Achaeans
- Hector reassures Andromache and asks her to return home
- Andromache, unaware of Hector’s death, prepares for his return
- Andromache learns of Hector’s death and mourns him, joined by the women of Troy
- Andromache leads the lamentation for Hector’s death
- Pyrrhus has three sons by Andromache: Molossus, Pielus, and Pergamus
- Helenus marries Andromache
- Cestrinus is born to Andromache and Helenus
Citations
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 12.6
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.23
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.12
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 359
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 369
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 390
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 184
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 17, Section 198
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 22, Section 77
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 22, Section 437
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 707
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 718
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 11.1
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 11.2
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 23.6
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 25.9
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