Andromache – Mythopedia Andromache, daughter of King Eetion of Cilician Thebes, was the wife of Hector and mother of Astyanax A devoted wife and mother, she lost her husband and son in the Trojan War, after which she herself was taken to Greece as a captive
Astyanax – Mythopedia Astyanax (also called Scamandrius) was the son of Hector and Andromache, a prince and princess of Troy During the sack of Troy, Astyanax—still a small child—was viciously killed by either Neoptolemus or Odysseus, who hurled him from the city walls
Hector – Mythopedia Hector married Andromache, a princess from the neighboring kingdom of Thebes (not to be confused with the more famous Thebes in Greece) Together they had a son named either Astyanax or Scamandrius (according to Homer, Scamandrius was the child’s given name, while Astyanax, “lord of the city,” was the popular name used by the people of
Aeneid: Book 3 (Full Text) - Mythopedia Here wondrous things were loudly blaz’d fame: How Helenus reviv’d the Trojan name, And reign’d in Greece; that Priam’s captive son Succeeded Pyrrhus in his bed and throne; And fair Andromache, restor’d by fate, Once more was happy in a Trojan mate
Iliad: Book 24 (Full Text) - Mythopedia The lamentations of Andromache, Hecuba, and Helen, with the solemnities of the funeral The time of twelve days is employed in this book, while the body of Hector lies in the tent of Achilles; and as many more are spent in the truce allowed for his interment The scene is partly in Achilles’ camp, and partly in Troy
Alcestis (Play) – Mythopedia The Alcestis is the earliest of Euripides’ surviving plays, staged in 438 BCE It tells the story of Alcestis, a brave queen of Thessaly who volunteered to die in order to save her husband Admetus
Helen of Troy – Mythopedia Helen of Troy, “the face that launched a thousand ships,” was a daughter of Zeus and Leda who was famous for her extraordinary beauty When Helen left her Greek husband for a handsome Trojan prince, the Greeks started the Trojan War to get her back
Iliad: Book 6 (Full Text) - Mythopedia Argument The Episodes of Glaucus and Diomed, and of Hector and Andromache The gods having left the field, the Grecians prevail Helenus, the chief augur of Troy, commands Hector to return to the city, in order to appoint a solemn procession of the queen and the Trojan matrons to the temple of Minerva, to entreat her to remove Diomed from the fight The battle relaxing during the absence of
Iliad: Book 22 (Full Text) - Mythopedia To fair Andromache, of Hector dead; As yet no messenger had told his fate, Not e’en his stay without the Scaean gate Far in the close recesses of the dome, Pensive she plied the melancholy loom; A growing work employ’d her secret hours, Confusedly gay with intermingled flowers Her fair-haired handmaids heat the brazen urn,
Clytemnestra – Mythopedia Clytemnestra, daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, was the wife of Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae She and her lover Aegisthus murdered Agamemnon when he returned home from the Trojan War, but were later killed in turn by Orestes, Agamemnon and Clytemnestra’s son