GROUP 5

(From a prose translation

of the Iliad, Book VI)
Andromache was, in Greek
legends, the wife of Hector,
first-born son and heir
apparent of King Priamof Troy
and Priam's wife, Hecuba.
She then became part of the
spoils of war, one of the
captive women of Troy, and
was given to the son of
Achilles.
In Greek mythology and
Roman
mythology, Hector (/ˈhɛktər/;
Ἕκτωρ, Hektōr, pronounced
[héktɔːr]) was a Trojan prince
and the greatest fighter for Troy
in the Trojan War. He acted as
leader of the Trojans and their
allies in the defence of Troy,
"killing 31,000 Greek fighters",
offers Hyginus.
So Hector took his leave and went on to his
own house. But he did not find Andromache
there, for she was already upon the battlement
with her son and a servant, weeping in her
sorrow. Hector, finding she was not within,
stood at the door and said to the maids:

“BE SO GOOD AS TO TELL ME WHERE

YOUR MISTRESS HAS GONE. TO ONE OF
MY SISTERS OR TO MY GOOD-SISTERS,
OR TO ATHENA’S TEMPLE WHERE THE
WOMEN ARE MAKING SUPPLICATION?” 4
The house keeper said: “NO SIR, NOT TO
ANY OF THE FAMILY, NOR TO ATHENA’S
WHERE THE WOMEN ARE ALL GONE
TO OFFER THEIR SUPPLICATION. TO
TELL THE TRUTH, SHE HAS GONE UP
ON THE WALSS, BECAUSE SHE HEARD
THAT OUR PEOPLE ARE IN DANGER
AND THE ENEMY WAS GETTING THE
BEST OF IT. SHE HAS GONE OFF IN A
GREAT HURRY LIKE ONE DISTRACTED,
WITH THE NURSE CARRYING THE 5

BOY”.
So Hector went back by the same way
along the streets till he reach the scaian
gates, by which he meant to go out into
the plain; and there his precious wife
running to meet him.

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Andromache was the daughter of Eetion, the Clician
King. She came near him, and nurse followed with the
boy in her bosom; quiet a little child, cheerful and merry
--- their little Hector, the tiny champion of Troy, like a
shining star, whom they dearly oved. Hector called him
Scamandrios, but to others he was Astyanax.

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The father smiled quietly as he
looked at his son. But
Andromache stood by his side
with tears running down her
cheeks, and she caught his
hand fast while------

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“MY DEAREST, HOW CAN YOU DO IT?
YOUR COURAGE WILL BE YOUR
DEATH! HAVE YOU NO PITTY FOR YOUR
BABY BOY, OR YOU UNHAPPY WIFE,
WHO WILL SOON BE YOUR WIDOW!
SOON THE ENEMIES WILL ALL RUSH
UPON YOU AND KILL YOU! AND I, IF I
LOSE YOU, IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR
ME TO GO DOWN INTO MY GRAVE.
THERE WILL BE NO MORE COMFORT 9

FOR ME IF YOU ARE KILLED, BUT ONLY

SORROW.”
“I HAVE NO FATHER AND NO MOTHER NOW.
MY FATHER WAS SLAIN BY ACHILLES; HE
LAID WASTE MY HOME, THEBE, WITH ITS
LOFTY TOWERS; HE KILLED EETION, MY
FATHER. MY SEVEN BROTHERS ALL WENT
DOWN TO HADES IN ONE DAY, FOR THAT
TERRIBLE ACHILLES KILLED THEM AKK
AMID THEIR CASTLE AND SHEEP. MY
MOTHER, WHO WAS QUEEN IN THAT
PLACE, WAS BROUGHT AWAY A PRISONER.
SO YOU ARE MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER,
HECTOR; YOU ARE MY BROTHER! YOU ARE 10

MY LOVING HUSBAND!
THEN PITTY ME AND STAY HERE
BEHIND THE WALLS; DO NOT MAKE
YOUR BOY AN ORPHAN ANDYOUR
WIFE A WIDOW! BUT POST YOUR MEN
BY THE FIQ TREE, WHERE THE WALL
MAY BE SCALED MOST EASILY.”

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AS HECTOR SPOKE, HE HELD OUT
HIS ARMS FOR HIS BOY, BUT THE
BOY SHRANK BACK INTO THE
NURSE’S BOSOM, CRYING AND
SCARED AT THE SIGHT OF HIS
FATHER; FOR HE WAS AFRAID OF
THE GLEAMING METAL AND
HORSEHAIR CREST, WHEN HE SAW
THAT DREADFUL THING NODDING
FROM THE TOP OF THE HELMET
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AND SET IT DOWN ON THE GROUND
SHINING ND FLASHING. THEN HE
KISSED HIS SON AND RAISED HIM IN
HIS HANDS AND PRAYED ALOUD TO
HEAVEN.
THEN HE GAVE HIS BOY BACK INTO
MOTHER’S ARM, WHO PRESSED HIM
TO HER SWEET-SCENTED BREAST,
LAUGHING THROUGH THE TEARS. 13
Then Hector took up his helmet with its
nodding crest, but his wife went on her
way home, turning again and again to
look at him as the tears flowed down
her cheeks. And when she got her own
house, all the women fell weeping, too;
the mourned for Hector in his own
house while he still lived, for they
never thought he would escape his
enemies and return from the battle 14

again.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!!!!!
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________ acted as
leader of the Trojans
and their allies in the
defence of Troy,
"killing _______Greek
fighters", offers
Hyginus. 17
OOOPPPPPSSSSSSSS!
PALINGON LINGON SA
KATABI……

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_____________ was,
in Greek legends, the
wife of Hector, first-
born son and heir
apparent of
King Priam of Troy
and Priam's wife, ___
____. 19
SCAN YOUR NOTES IN
5 SECONDS
MULTIPLE CHOICE 20
 WHO IS THE
CILICIAN KING?

A.HECTOR
B.EETION
C.PRIAM
D.ACHILLES 21

E.ZEUS
 Hector called him__________,
but to others he was
_________.
A.Scamandrios, Syntaxnas
B.Asytanax, Scamandros
C.Scamandrios, Astyanax

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 EASY ESSAY
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 WHAT ARE THE
CONCERNS FOR THE
FUTURE OF HIS WIFE AND
CHILD? (HECTOR).
 IN THIS PART OF THE
STORY HECTOR CALLED
ANDROMACHE AS A
“PRECIOUS WIFE”. NOW,
MENTION 3 THINGS THAT
WOULD MAKE A WOMAN 24

PRECIOUS.
KATHERINE
ALY
JARIE
RAM
RURU
JAMEL
FREDDIE
HANNAH
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SHANLEY