Andromache
Americannoun
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Classical Mythology. the wife of Hector and mother of Astyanax.
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(italics) a tragedy (c419 b.c.) by Euripides.
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How would you stay professional if Andromache won this year?
From BBC • May 9, 2022
In the action thriller, now streaming on Netflix, Theron plays Andy, short for Andromache the Scythian, who for more than 6,000 years has been fighting battles all over the world.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2020
Hannelore Friederike Andromache Fischer stayed the rest of her life.
From Washington Times • May 1, 2020
Hecuba, the former Trojan queen, still clings to the privileges of rank, and she and her daughter-in-law, Andromache, both treat the Chorus, a pregnant woman handcuffed to a bed, with arrogant disdain.
From The Guardian • Nov. 13, 2012
In the Iliad Hector is nobler by far than any of the heavenly beings, and Andromache infinitely to be preferred to Athena or Aphrodite.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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