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Encyclopedia Britannica



ANDROMACHE

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 975 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ANC-APO
ANDROMACHE , in Greek legend, the daughter of Eetion, prince of Thebe in Mysia, and wife of Hector. Her father and seven
brothers
  fell by the hands of Achilles when their town was taken by him; her
mother
 , ransomed at a high price, was slain by Artemis (Iliad, vi. 414). During the Trojan War her
husband
  was slain by Achilles, and after the capture of the city her son Astyanax (or Scamandrius) was hurled from the battlements (Eurip. Troades, 720). When the captives were allotted, Andromache fell to
Neoptolemus
  (Pyrrhus), the son of Achilles, whom she accompanied to
Epirus
 , and to whom she bore three sons. When
Neoptolemus
  was slain at Delphi, he left his wife and kingdom to Helenus, the brother of Hector (Virgil, Aen. iii. 294). After the death of her third
husband
 , Andromache returned to
Asia
 
Minor
  with her youngest son Pergamus, who there founded a town named after himself. Andromache is one of the finest characters in
Homer
 , distinguished by her affection for her husband and child, her misfortunes and the resignation withwhich she endures them. The death of Astyanax, and the farewell
scene
  between Andromache and Hector (Iliad, vi. 323), were represented in ancient works of art, while Andromache herself is the subject of tragedies by Euripides and Racine.


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