Andromache Lynne Aftuck
2/8/96

I. Background Information

A. Family

1. Daughter of Eetion, king of Thebe
2. Wife of Hector, Commander of the Trojans
3. Mother of Astyanax
B. Responsibilities

1. Produce and raise heir
2. Preside over household

a. Weaving and making clothes
b. Watching over domestic slaves
3. Care for Hector's war horses (Book 8, lines 209-215)
4. Receive Hector's armor (Book 17, lines 237-239)
II. Book VI

A. Absence from home
B. Meeting with Hector

1. Andromache's speech

a. Prediction of death and misery
b. Deaths of her family
c. Military advice

i. Inappropriate advice
ii. Encroaches on man's world
2. Hector's response
III. Book XXII

A. Andromache in domestic sphere
B. Reaction to Hector's death

1. Veil

a. Memories of wedding
b. Contrasts grimness
2. Lamentation Speech

a. Imaginary fate of Astyanax
b. Substitution funeral rite
IV. Book XXIV

A. Mourning for Hector
B. Final lamentation speech

1. More realistic--faces truth

a. Troy will fall
b. Andromache will be enslaved
c. Astyanax will be enslaved or killed
2. Personal sentiment

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Andromache Lynne Aftuck 2/8/96

Andromache Lynne Aftuck
2/8/96