Everything about Andromache totally explained
In
Greek mythology,
Andromache (
Ancient Greek: Ἀνδρομάχη) was the wife of
Hector and daughter of
Eetion, and sister to
Podes. She was born and raised in the city of
Cilician Thebes (Thebe under Placus), over which her father ruled. The name means "battle of a man", from ανδρος (
andros) "of a man" and μαχη (
machē) "battle".
During the
Trojan War, Hector was killed by
Achilles, and their son
Astyanax was thrown from the city walls by the Greek Herald
Talthybius.
Neoptolemus took Andromache as a concubine and Hector's brother,
Helenus, as a slave. By Neoptolemus, she was the mother of
Molossus, and according to Pausanias (1.11.1),
Pielus and
Pergamus. When Neoptolemus died, Andromache married Helenus and became Queen of
Epirus. Pausanias also implies that Helenus' son,
Cestrinus, was by Andromache. Andromache eventually went to live with Pergamus in
Pergamum, where she died of old age.
Classical treatment
In Euripides' play, she and her child are nearly assassinated by
Hermione, Neoptolemus' wife and daughter of
Helen. She is also the subject of a tragedy by French classical playwright
Jean Racine (1639–1699), entitled
Andromaque, and a minor character in
Shakespeare's
Troilus and Cressida. She was portrayed by
Saffron Burrows in the
2004 film
Troy, and by
Vanessa Redgrave in the 1971 film version of Euripedes'
The Trojan Women.
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