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Andromache

[ an-drom-uh-kee ]

noun

  1. Classical Mythology. the wife of Hector and mother of Astyanax.
  2. (italics) a tragedy (c419 b.c.) by Euripides.


Andromache

/ ænˈdrɒməkɪ /

noun

  1. Greek myth the wife of Hector
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How would you stay professional if Andromache won this year?

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We know the myths of Iphigenia and Andromache, so the plots Haynes imagines for them feel familiar, if the specifics seem more terrible.

Charlize Theron plays Andromache the Scythian, Andy for short, leader of a small band of warriors who have been helping people in trouble for a very long time.

In the Iliad Hector is nobler by far than any of the heavenly beings, and Andromache infinitely to be preferred to Athena or Aphrodite.

Chief among the captives was the old Queen, Hecuba, and her daughter-in-law, Hector’s wife Andromache.

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