Andromache
Trojan prince's wife
Andromache is a figure from Greek mythology, the wife of Hector and mother of Astyanax.
In Homer's *Iliad*, she represents the tragic cost of war—a devoted wife who loses her husband and watches her son thrown from Troy's walls.
Her name has become literary shorthand for a faithful, grieving wife: She played Andromache to his dying warrior.
Masculine given name
- PriamFinal Trojan king
- TroyAncient Anatolian city
- HomerAncient Greek epic composer
- epicImpressively grand in scope
Achilles · lament · ramparts · farewell · hexameter · Patroclus · Helen · Paris
Period following loss
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- widowBereaved wife, unmarried since
- lossBeing without something
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
bereavement · woe · anguish · despair · tears · veil · black · suffering
Greek tragic dramatist
- RacineSoutheastern Wisconsin municipality
- captiveOne held by force
- slaveOwned human, forced laborer
- HermioneWoman's name from antiquity
drama · chorus · fate · downfall · pathos · catastrophe · suffering · stage
Deep, loyal commitment
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- steadfastnessFirm loyal dedication
- constancyUnchanging faithfulness over time
dedication · wife · bond · commitment · honor · duty · love · attachment
Hector
Masculine given name
epic · Achilles · lament · ramparts · farewell · hexameter · Patroclus · Helen · Paris · Cassandra
mourning
Period following loss
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- widowBereaved wife, unmarried since
- lossBeing without something
sorrow · bereavement · woe · anguish · despair · tears · veil · black · suffering · heartbreak
Euripides
Greek tragic dramatist
Hermione · drama · chorus · fate · downfall · pathos · catastrophe · suffering · stage · theatrical
devotion
Deep, loyal commitment
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- steadfastnessFirm loyal dedication
constancy · dedication · wife · bond · commitment · honor · duty · love · attachment · unswerving
Pyrrhus
Epirote king, expensive triumphs
AndromacheHelen of Troy
Legendary cause of ancient war
Clytemnestra · Medea · Penelope · Phaedra · Aphrodite