Andromache (Amazon)
Andromache ( ancient Greek Ἀνδρομάχη , "fighting men") is an Amazon of Greek mythology .
Your name appears from the 6th century BC. Chr. As an inscription on vase pictures, where it is shown both without an opponent, as well as in the fight against Heracles or Theseus . Her name is one of the most common Amazon names in vase painting. In later literature she appears as an Amazon in the wake of Penthesilea , who is killed in the course of the Trojan War off Troy.
literature
- Richard Wagner : Andromache 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2152.
- Adolf Klügmann : Andromache 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 345 ( digitized version ).