Andromache

Greek,"battle of man"

"battle of man"

Andromache Origin and Meaning

The name Andromache is a girl's name meaning "battle of man".

Andromache is a name found scattered throughout ancient literature. She was Hector's long-suffering wife in The Iliad and The Odyssey, featured in The Trojan Women and Andromache by Euripides, then later appeared in Shakepeare's Troilus and Cressida, and Jean Racine's 1667 play Andromaque. It is not likely to make many appearances in the modern world.

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Famous People Named Andromache

• Andromache Karakatsanis Canadian Supreme Court Justice

Andromache in Pop Culture

• Andromache wife of the Trojan prince Hector, who appears in Homer's Iliad and in Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida"
• Andromache queen of the Amazons
• Andromache one of the would,be sacrificial victims of Minotaur
• Andromache a human queen from Sarah J Maas' A Court of Thorns And Roses series