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Euripides · c. 480-406 BC

Andromache

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Andromache was probably staged in the mid-420s BC. After the fall of Troy, Hector's widow Andromache has become the slave and concubine of Neoptolemus, the son of Achilles, in Phthia, and has borne him a son. While Neoptolemus is away at Delphi, his barren wife Hermione and her father Menelaus try to kill Andromache and her child, who takes refuge at the shrine of Thetis. The sections follow the play's own units (prologue, parodos, episodes, choral songs and exodos) and keep the standard line numbers of the Greek text.

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Text
Greek original with English translation, 25 passages, about 11600 words in English.
Translator
Edward P. Coleridge (1891)
Edition
Greek text: Gilbert Murray (ed.), Euripidis Fabulae, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902, as digitised by Perseus. English: Edward P. Coleridge, The Plays of Euripides, London: George Bell and Sons, first published 1891 (Bohn's Classical Library; the Perseus header records a later printing)
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Euripides, Andromache 1 (by line number)

Contents · 25 passages

  1. 1–55Prologue: Andromache tells of her slavery at the shrine of Thetis501 words
  2. 56–90Prologue: the Maid warns Andromache of Menelaus' plot372 words
  3. 91–146cParodos: Andromache's lament and the Chorus' advice471 words
  4. 147–182First episode: Hermione accuses Andromache336 words
  5. 183–231First episode: Andromache defends herself against Hermione491 words
  6. 232–273First episode: Hermione threatens Andromache at the altar474 words
  7. 274–318First choral song on Paris; Menelaus brings Andromache's son313 words
  8. 319–365Second episode: Andromache answers Menelaus473 words
  9. 366–420Second episode: Menelaus' ultimatum; Andromache gives herself up538 words
  10. 421–463Second episode: Menelaus' trick; Andromache curses the Spartans457 words
  11. 464–544Second choral song; Andromache and her son are led to death526 words
  12. 545–589Third episode: Peleus arrives and defies Menelaus422 words
  13. 590–644Third episode: Peleus condemns Menelaus and Helen565 words
  14. 645–692Third episode: Menelaus replies to Peleus462 words
  15. 693–746Third episode: Peleus drives Menelaus away526 words
  16. 747–801Third episode: Peleus rescues Andromache; choral song on noble birth418 words
  17. 802–840Fourth episode: the Nurse reports Hermione's despair311 words
  18. 841–878Fourth episode: Hermione's remorse288 words
  19. 879–919Fourth episode: Orestes arrives and Hermione begs for his help414 words
  20. 920–956Fourth episode: Hermione begs to be taken away347 words
  21. 957–1008Fourth episode: Orestes takes Hermione and plots Neoptolemus' death498 words
  22. 1009–1069Third choral song; Peleus learns that Hermione has fled474 words
  23. 1070–1165Messenger speech: the death of Neoptolemus at Delphi903 words
  24. 1166–1221Exodos: the body of Neoptolemus is brought home406 words
  25. 1222–1288Exodos: Thetis appears and consoles Peleus600 words

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English translation by Edward P. Coleridge (1891). Original text: Greek text: Gilbert Murray (ed.), Euripidis Fabulae, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902, as digitised by Perseus. English: Edward P. Coleridge, The Plays of Euripides, London: George Bell and Sons, first published 1891 (Bohn's Classical Library; the Perseus header records a later printing).

Greek text and translation from the Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Perseus Digital Library); translation public domain. Introductions, summaries and notes © GreekMythology.com.