Andromache (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Euripides
- First Published: 426
- Type of Work: Greek Drama
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Suicide, Murder or homicide, Gods or goddesses, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people, Trojan War
- Locales: Greece, ancient, Thessaly
Action centers around Andromache’s enslavement to Neoptolemus, murderer of her son by Hector. Andromache and Neoptolemus subsequently have a son whom Neoptolemus’ barren Spartan wife, Hermione, threatens to kill. Menelaus, Hermione’s father, lures Andromache from the altar of Thetis, where she has sought sanctuary, only to arrest and condemn her and her son to death. By implication, all Spartans practice sophistry and teachery.
Peleus, grandfather of Neoptolemus, enters to defend Neoptolemus’ interests. Old and frail as he is, he frightens Spartan Menelaus away with harsh...
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