| In Greek mythology, Andromache was the wife of Hector and daughter
of Eetion, and sister to Podes. She was born and raised in the city of
Cilician Thebes (Thebe under Placus), over which her father ruled. The
name means "battle of a man", from ανδρο? (andros) "of a man" and
μαχη (mach?) "battle".
During the Trojan War, Hector was killed by Achilles. Their infant son
Astyanax was killed by Achilles' son Neoptolemus. Neoptolemus took her
as a concubine and Hector's brother, Helenus, as a slave.
With Hector, Andromache had a son named Astyanax. By Neoptolemus, she
was the mother of Molossus. In the play Andromache, she and her child were
nearly assassinated by Hermione, Neoptolemus' wife and daughter of Helen.
When Neoptolemus died, Andromache married Helenus, brother of Hector,
and became Queen of Epirus.
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