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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.

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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.

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

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

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