Feb 9, 2023 · Andromache, daughter of King Eetion of Cilician Thebes, was the wife of Hector and mother of Astyanax. A devoted wife and mother, she lost her husband and son in the Trojan War, after which she herself was taken to Greece as a captive.

May 24, 2023 · A: Astyanax’s father was Hector, the eldest son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, and thus the heir to the throne. He was a great warrior who led the Trojan forces against the Greeks during the Trojan War. Astyanax’s mother was Andromache, daughter of King Eetion of Cilician Thebes.

The Episodes of Glaucus and Diomed, and of Hector and Andromache. The gods having left the field, the Grecians prevail. Helenus, the chief augur of Troy, commands Hector to return to the city, in order to appoint a solemn procession of the queen and the Trojan matrons to the temple of Minerva, to entreat her to remove Diomed from the fight.

Jul 13, 2023 · Hector married Andromache, a princess from the neighboring kingdom of Thebes (not to be confused with the more famous Thebes in Greece). Together they had a son named either Astyanax or Scamandrius (according to Homer, Scamandrius was the child’s given name, while Astyanax, “lord of the city,” was the popular name used by the people of ...

Mar 8, 2023 · The Alcestis is the earliest of Euripides’ surviving plays, staged in 438 BCE. It tells the story of Alcestis, a brave queen of Thessaly who volunteered to die in order to save her husband Admetus.

Sep 19, 2023 · The myth of Hermione is known from several literary accounts. The most notable of these is Euripides’ Andromache, whose portrayal of Hermione as a cruel and treacherous woman influenced later works by Racine and Rossini.

Mar 11, 2023 · Greek. Homer: The earliest reference to Alcestis occurs in Book 2 of the Iliad (eighth century BCE).. Euripides: The most complete ancient account of the myth of Alcestis is the tragedy Alcestis (438 BCE), a work likely based on an …

Mar 3, 2023 · Arrowsmith, William, trans. Euripides II: Andromache, Hecuba, The Suppliant Women, Electra. 3rd ed. Edited by Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013: Readable and accurate verse translation with a basic introduction and notes (originally published in 1958).

Dec 8, 2022 · Helen of Troy, “the face that launched a thousand ships,” was a daughter of Zeus and Leda who was famous for her extraordinary beauty. When Helen left her Greek husband for a handsome Trojan prince, the Greeks started the Trojan War to get her back.

Jun 6, 2023 · At Buthrotum, they found two other survivors of the sack of Troy—Hector’s widow Andromache and the seer Helenus. Helenus told Aeneas more about his destiny and his journey. In Sicily, they met Achaemenides, a Greek soldier in Odysseus’ army who had been left behind when Odysseus fled the Cyclops Polyphemus. At Drepana, Anchises died of ...