Andromache

[an-drom-uh-kee]

noun

Classical Mythology. the wife of Hector and mother of Astyanax.

(italics) a tragedy (c419 b.c.) by Euripides.

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Historical Examples of andromache

Compare the story of Hector and Andromache with some famous passage from any of these writers.
The Legacy of Greece
Various
Andromache may weep: but her spouse is beyond the reach of physic.
The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh
William Makepeace Thackeray
Helen returns to her home in triumph, while 33 Andromache is left desolate.
The Bridge of the Gods
Frederic Homer Balch
Who was it but old Priam, to whom Andromache used to lead little Astyanax?
The Face of the Fields
Dallas Lore Sharp
We can see the jewels that may have adorned Helen or Andromache.
The Meeting-Place of Geology and History
Sir John William Dawson

British Dictionary definitions for andromache

Andromache

noun

Greek myth the wife of Hector

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Word Origin and History for andromache

Andromache

wife of Hector, Latin Andromache, from Greek Andromakhe, perhaps literally "whose husband excells in fighting," fem. of andromakhos "fighting with men;" see anthropo- + -machy.