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Andromache Mourning Hector by Jacques-Louis David, 1783. In Greek mythology, Andromache (/ æ n ˈ d r ɒ m ə k iː /; Ancient Greek: Ἀνδρομάχη, Andromákhē [andromákʰɛ:]) was the wife of Hector, daughter of Eetion, and sister to Podes. [1] She was born and raised in the city of Cilician Thebe, over which her father ruled.
Andromache (Ancient Greek: Ἀνδρομάχη) is an Athenian tragedy by Euripides. It dramatises Andromache's life as a slave, years after the events of the Trojan War, and her conflict with her master's new wife, Hermione. The date of its first performance is unknown. Some scholars place the date sometime between 428 and 425 BC. [1]
[4] Pronunciation: Mo-seh [5] Meaning: Is Born [5]: Nazareth (This is the village that Jesus grew up in. Although Bethlehem is the biblical birthplace of Jesus, some scholars believe that Jesus was born in Nazareth.)
Jessica (originally Iessica, also Jesica, Jesika, Jessicah, Jessika, or Jessikah) [1] is a female given name of Hebrew origin. The oldest written record of the name with its current spelling is found as the name of the Shakespearean character Jessica , from the play The Merchant of Venice .
Scythia at its maximum extent. Scythia (UK: / ˈ s ɪ ð i ə /, [1] also US: / ˈ s ɪ θ i ə / [2]) or Scythica (UK: / ˈ s ɪ ð i k ə /, also US: / ˈ s ɪ θ i k ə /) was a geographic region defined in the ancient Graeco-Roman world that encompassed the Pontic–Caspian steppe. It was inhabited by Scythians, an ancient Eastern Iranian ...
With Andromache, Helenus and Phoenix, Neoptolemus then sailed to the Epirot Islands and became the king of Epirus. By the enslaved Andromache , daughter of Cilician king Eëtion , Neoptolemus was the father of Molossos (and, according to the myth, therefore an ancestor of Olympias , the mother of Alexander the Great ), Pielus , Pergamus [ 9 ...
The Scythian genealogical myth was an epic cycle of the Scythian religion detailing the origin of the Scythians.This myth held an important position in the worldview of Scythian society, and was popular among both the Scythians of the northern Pontic region and the Greeks who had colonised the northern shores of the Pontus Euxinus.
The remnants of the Cimmerians in the Caspian Steppe were assimilated by the Scythians, [61] with this absorption being facilitated by their similar ethnic backgrounds and lifestyles, [66] thus transferring the dominance of this region from the Cimmerians to the Scythians who were assimilating them, [43] [30] after which the Scythians settled ...