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Andromache
Sign in to savethumb|280px|Andromache holding in her lap the urn with Hector's ashes, 2nd-century Roman sarcophagus in the Antonino Salinas Regional Archaeological Museum, Palermo.
"Andromache" is an ancient Greek play about the wife of the Trojan hero Hector, focusing on her suffering after the fall of Troy. The work remains significant as a powerful exploration of the human cost of war, particularly the plight of women and captives in conflict.
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thumb|280px|Andromache holding in her lap the urn with Hector's ashes, 2nd-century Roman sarcophagus in the Antonino Salinas Regional Archaeological Museum, Palermo.
In Greek mythology, Andromache (; , ) 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 "man battler", "fighter of men" or "man's battle", i.e. "courage" or "manly virtue", from the Greek stem ("man"), the compound interfix and ("battle").