Andromache

Reading notes

• The Loves §1.9 Andromache

  Hector's devoted wife, who set the helmet on his head as he left for battle.

• The Art of Love §2.29 Andromache

  Wife of Hector, thought by others too tall, but 'moderate' to her loving husband.

• The Art of Love §3.36 Theban bride

  Andromache of Thebe, so tall that (the poet jokes) she never rode Hector's horse.

• The Heroides §5 Andromache

  Hector's faithful wife, the model of steadfast marriage Oenone holds up against Paris.

• The Heroides §8 Andromache

  Hector's widow, taken as Pyrrhus's captive after Troy's fall; even she, Hermione says, was less harshly used.

• The Cure for Love §12 Andromache's part

  Hector's faithful wife, type of the chaste matron; a role at odds with the courtesan Thais.

• Sorrows §1.6 Hector's wife

  Andromache, the faithful wife of Hector, a paragon of uprightness.