Andromache

Gender Feminine
Usage Greek Mythology
Scripts Ἀνδρομάχη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. AN-DRO-MA-KEH(Classical Greek)
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Meaning & History

Derived from the Greek elements ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός) and μάχη (mache) meaning "battle". In Greek legend she was the wife of the Trojan hero Hector. After the fall of Troy Neoptolemus killed her son Astyanax and took her as a concubine.

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Andromache Mourning Over Body of Hector by Jacques-Louis David (1783)Andromache Mourning Over Body of Hector by Jacques-Louis David (1783)

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Entry updated May 29, 2020