Andromache

Andromakhe

Wife of Hector.

Genealogy

Eetion

Cypselus, Podes

Hector

Astyanax, Cestrinus, Molossus, Pergamus, Pielus

Group

Trojan War

Places
  1. Epirus
  2. Troy
Events
  1. Neoptolemus take Andromache as a war captive
  2. Andromache pleads with Hector not to fight against the Achaeans
  3. Andromache and her household mourn Hector
  4. Hector tells Andromache that he cannot walk away from fighting the Achaeans
  5. Hector reassures Andromache and asks her to return home
  6. Andromache, unaware of Hector’s death, prepares for his return
  7. Andromache learns of Hector’s death and mourns him, joined by the women of Troy
  8. Andromache leads the lamentation for Hector’s death
  9. Pyrrhus has three sons by Andromache: Molossus, Pielus, and Pergamus
  10. Helenus marries Andromache
  11. Cestrinus is born to Andromache and Helenus
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 12.6
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.23
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.12
  4. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 359
  5. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 369
  6. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 390
  7. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 184
  8. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 17, Section 198
  9. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 22, Section 77
  10. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 22, Section 437
  11. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 707
  12. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 718
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 11.1
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 11.2
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 23.6
  16. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 25.9
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