Andromaque

[ ahn-draw-mak ]

noun

1. a tragedy (1667) by Racine.

Example Sentences

His death, which occurred in 1668, is said to have been caused by over-exertion as Orestes in Racine's Andromaque.

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It can even go as far as weeping the traditional six tears, as Madame de Sevigne did for Andromaque.

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I thought of the preceding night, of the Orestes of Andromaque who agreed to sacrifice Pyrrhus.

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This, of course, was little Rachel, who was about to play the part of Hermione in Andromaque.

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Her reception as Hermione, in Andromaque, in March 1774, was the first sign of the coming storm.

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