Andromache

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Definition: Andromache loved her husband Hector who was killed by Achilles. With Hector she gave birth to Scamander or Astyanax who was hurled from the walls of Troy. After Troy fell, Andromache was given as a war prize to Neoptolemus, by whom she gave birth to Pergamus.

Pronunciation: an-dro'-ma-kee • (noun)

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