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In Greek mythology, Andromache (; , ''Andromákhē'' (:andromákʰɛ͜ɛ)) was the wife of Hector, daughter of Eetion, and sister to Podes. She was born and raised in the city of Cilician Thebe, over which her father ruled. The name means "battle of a man", from ἀνδρός "of a man" and μάχη "battle". During the Trojan War, after Hector was killed by Achilles and the city taken by the Greeks, the Greek herald Talthybius informed her of the plan to kill Astyanax, her son by Hector, from the city walls. This act was carried out by Neoptolemus who then took Andromache as a concubine and Hector's brother, Helenus, as a slave. By Neoptolemus, she was the mother of Molossus, and according to Pausanias,〔Pausanias. ''Description of Greece'', 1.11.1.〕 of Pielus and Pergamus. When Neoptolemus died, Andromache married Helenus and became Queen of Epirus. Pausanias also implies that Helenus' son, Cestrinus, was by Andromache. Andromache eventually went to live with Pergamus in Pergamum, where she died of old age. ==Classical treatment== * Homer. ''Iliad'' VI, 390–470: XXII 437-515 * ''Bibliotheca'' III, xii, 6, ''Epitome'' V, 23; VI, 12. * Euripides. ''Andromache''. * Euripides. ''The Trojan Women''. * Virgil. ''Aeneid'' III, 294–355. * Ovid. ''Ars Amatoria'' III, 777–778. * Seneca. ''The Trojan Women''. * Sappho's Fragment 44 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andromache」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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