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The daughter of Eetion, the king of the city of Thebes.
Andromakhe was the wife of Hektor (Hector) and mother of Astyanax; when Andromakhe married Hektor (Hector) she was an orphan because Akhilleus (Achilles) had killed her father, Eetion, and her seven brothers; Akhilleus honored Eetion after murdering him by burning his body without stripping his armor and then piled a burial mound over his remains; the nymphs of the mountains planted elm trees over the mound as a tribute to Eetion.
Andromakhe’s mother was captured by Akhilleus and returned for ransom but Artemis killed her with a shower of arrows.
After the fall of the city of Troy, Astyanax was killed by Akhilleus’ son, Neoptolemus, and Andromakhe was forced into slavery.
After Neoptolemus’ death Andromakhe married one of the surviving sons of Priam, the seer Helenos; they eventually lived in Asia Minor with their son, Pergamum.
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