Because andromaches' father and brothers were killed by Achilles, her mother taken prisoner and ransomed. #2 answ: Andromache's father and brothers were killed by Achilleswhen he captured Thebe during the Trojan War; her mother was spared and ransomed, but died in Troy before its fall. During the seige of Troy, Achilles also killed her husband, Hector, and then desecrated his body. Andromache herself became the slave and concubine of Neoptolemus, Achilles' son, when Troy was captured; her son Astyanax was flung by the Greeks from the walls of Troy.
The city of Troy in Asia Minor.
Troy is a movie (loosely) based in the Iliad. It of course is inaccurate to the story, but it is a wonderful movie.
The destruction of Troy
The historic event that happened in the movie Troy is the Trojan War
Andromache is the wife of Hector, prince of Troy.
Andromache is the wife of Hector of Troy who is Paris' brother and son of Kimg Priam of Troy
Andromache was not a goddess, she was the wife of Hector, prince of Troy.
Hector was killed in combat so Andromache was a widow. After Troy lost against the Achaeans, the Achaeans split up the men, women, and children of Troy as their prize. Neoptolemus took Andromache as his prize. He also threw Andromache and Hector's baby son Astyanax over Troy's walls.
Because andromaches' father and brothers were killed by Achilles, her mother taken prisoner and ransomed. #2 answ: Andromache's father and brothers were killed by Achilleswhen he captured Thebe during the Trojan War; her mother was spared and ransomed, but died in Troy before its fall. During the seige of Troy, Achilles also killed her husband, Hector, and then desecrated his body. Andromache herself became the slave and concubine of Neoptolemus, Achilles' son, when Troy was captured; her son Astyanax was flung by the Greeks from the walls of Troy.
Some guy from Troy who fought in the Trojan war.
Artemis did not kill Hector's wife's mother. The mother of Andromache (Hector's wife) is never named, Andromache does claim that Eëtion, her father and seven of her brothers were killed by Achilles in a raid; her other brother was Podes who came to Troy and was killed by Menelaus. Of her mother, Andromache relates that she was captured in the same raid in which Eëtion was killed, and died of sickness in Troy following her release.
In Greek mythology, Eëtion was the king of the Cilician Thebe. He is the father of Andromache, wife of Hector, and of seven sons, including Podes.His wife is never named, but Andromache relates that she was captured in the same raid in which Eëtion was killed, and died of sickness in Troy following her release.So, Artemis did not.
why was andromache on the battlement
The city of Troy in Asia Minor.
Troy is a movie (loosely) based in the Iliad. It of course is inaccurate to the story, but it is a wonderful movie.
The Sword of Troy.