What ways in the book 6 of the iliad characterizes. Hector and andromache laughed and hector took his helmet off. Hector runs to the gates, where he meets andromache and their infant son astyanax. The iliad book 6 hector returns to troy cabrini university. Although he is also tortured by the thought of terrible consequencesto his family, the city he loves, and especially his wifeif he should lose, his sense of honor will not allow him to take a less glorious path. Traditional gender roles are breached as well, as andromache gives hector military advice 6. He finds andromache and the baby astyanax on the walls overlooking the. In book 6 hectors humanity is shown as he shares a loving moment with his wife, andromache, and his son astyanax. Andromache, in a most emotional scene, begs hector not to leave her a widow and her son an orphan.
Throughout her appearances in the iliad, andromache is portrayed as a wife and mother. The episodes of glaucus and diomed, and of hector and andromache. Oct 24, 2019 in book 17 of the iliad, homer mentions podes, a brother of andromache. Hector and andromache after zeus sends the false dream to agamemnon, there is a whole series of events which i have omitted here, with various duels and battles between the greeks and the trojans. Even the thought of hector dying and leaving her alone made her act like a madwoman v, 460. Hector and andromache mythology and folklore untextbook. Summary of the iliad book 6 hector and andromache hector.
Achilles would also later kill andromaches husband, hector. Hector would always call the boy scamandrius, townsmen called him astyanax, lord of the city, 40 since hector was the lone defense of troy. The iliad summary in the tenth year of the trojan war, tensions are running high among the achaians a superancient name for the ancient greeks. Most commentators consider this scene to be the most moving in the iliad. The episodes of glaucus and diomed, and of hector and. Find a summary of this and each chapter of the iliad. Andromache weeps for the past loss of her family to the achaeans, and asks for hector to stay within troys. In winter, winds blow them down to earth, but then, when spring season comes again, the budding wood grows more. The iliad of homer popebook 6 wikisource, the free. Mar 08, 2014 this feature is not available right now. Hector returns to the city for a brief time in book 6 of homers the iliad. Book 6, lines 181185 hector, saying farewell to his wife.
The point is, now that you know what the things are, its high time we jumped into the middle of them. Hector speeds to his own house, but his wife andromache is not there. He is determined to have revenge, and in book 22 he faces hector in single combat. Compare his remarks here with those of hektor in book 6, lines 488489, quoted in the section on fate and free will. Hector also prepares to return but first visits his wife, andromache, whom he finds nursing their son astyanax by the walls of the city. Hektors obvious love for andromache symbolizes his belief in proper domesticity, and his image of her being taken captive and working the loom for another man represents his deep fear of disorder. The first scene of the iliad finds chryses, the priest of apollo god of the sun and a whole lot of other stuff, approaching the achaian camp to ask for his daughter back. Hector reached for astyanax, who shrank back crying, scared of hectors armour. This would seem to be a contradiction unless andromache had more than seven brothers.
A summary of the main events of homers iliad book 6 hector and andromache. Hector and his wife andromache are the most complete characters we meet in the iliad. However, andromache is seen in iliad 6 in an unusual place for the traditional housewife, standing before the ramparts of troy 6. Hector meets paris on his way out of the city, and the brothers prepare to rejoin the battle. The iliadbook 22 the boxes and the by homer questions at.
Achilles and hector was all she had now she begged him not to make his son and orphan and her a widow what was hectors response to andromaches request not to fight. During that time, andromache became the wife of hector, a trojan warrior. How does andromache show that she is obedient to hector at the end of book 6. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. It describes andromaches arrival in troy, escorted by hector and watched by the trojans. Then hector searches for andromache, his wife, and astyanax, his son. This book begins by continuing the slaughter of the last two books. She primarily appears in books 6 and 22 of the epic poem. Adrestus begs to be given mercy and menelaus considers, but.
Here is one of the most poignant and tragic scenes at least in its outcome, foretold but unstated here in all of epic poetry. Andromache weeps for the past loss of her family to the achaeans, and asks for hector to stay within troys walls, fearing that she will become a. It is a portrait of the warrior at home, war forgotten as he watches his son play and talks with his wife. Video book vs movie contd in the iliad, when hector finds out archilles is coming to fight him he runs around the walls of troy several times because he is so scared. Hector and helen heap scorn on him for not fighting, and at last he arms himself and returns to battle. Andromache by euripides meet your next favorite book. Hektor also expresses concern that andromache might be taken captive by the greeks, suggesting that he sees, through helen, the wrong that paris. In my previous post i looked at hectors farewell to his wife and child in book 6. Andromache, hectors widow, is so shocked to see aeneas that at first she thinks he might be a ghost. The metre and style of the poem evoke greek epic, and the poem is often interpreted as an intertext to the iliad. In this section, andromache fears the consequences of hectors courage and begs him to take a more defensive approach to the war. Nov 27, 2018 during that time, andromache became the wife of hector, a trojan warrior. Paris and helen and the relationship between hector and.
First, the priest chryses comes to ask their leader, king agamemnon, to release his daughter, whom agamemnon was holding captive. Hector has killed patroclus, achilles beloved comrade, and achilles rage is terrifying. Include information about andromache from later in the poem. Jan 30, 2011 hector left the house by the same route hed come, 480 through the wellbuilt streets, across the mighty city, and reached the scaean gates, beyond which hed go. My child, why have you left hard battle to come here. For with hector gone she and her son will be alone in this world. Sep 14, 2011 book 6 generations of men are like the leaves. Hector and andromache illiad book 6 by mary thomson on prezi. In book 6 of the iliad, andromache is depicted as saying that her father and his seven sons were killed by achilles in cilician thebe during the trojan war. Andromache does not want hector to go to war for many reasons, the main one being that her whole family has already passed away and she would be much too sad to go on if he did as well. Chapter summary for homers the iliad, book 6 summary. Sappho 44 tells the story of the marriage of hector and andromache, which is mentioned in book 22 of the iliad. Hector looks for paris and finds him, with helen, polishing his armor. He removes it and throws the boy into the air, and the family shares a moment of laughter.
Her own love for her husband and son is not only unselfish, but is founded on a firm moral basis. The great man of war breaking into a broad smile, his gaze fixed on his son, in silence. He knows that his fate is inescapable, but, like all homeric heroes, he feels compelled to live his life in search of this individual glory. Andromache weeps for the past loss of her family to the achaeans, and asks for hector to stay within troys walls, fearing that she will become a widow. In book 17 of the iliad, homer mentions podes, a brother of andromache. Hector explains this notion to his wife, andromache, in their famous encounter, illustrating his perception of what the central issue of the battle iskleos, or glory.
Achilleuss attitude here is not unique in the iliad. Feb 07, 2015 in my previous post i looked at hectors farewell to his wife and child in book 6. In the movie, hector is strong and is prepared to fight archilles which no doubts. He excoriates paris, and helen joins in the criticism of paris. He kisses astyanax, who, although initially frightened by the crest on hectors helmet, greets his father happily. In book vi of the iliad homer retells the scene between hector and andromache, ending with hectors departure for battle, where valiant diomedes is killing the trojans by the dozen.
Book 6, lines 523525 hector s fear of shame overpowers his fear of death and concern for his family. The iliad book 6 helen and andromache of all the characters in the iliad, the most complete person in the whole story may not be a greek, but a trojan. While hector was taking part in the trojan war, he was killed by achilles when the greeks took over troy homer, 2015. Hector left the house by the same route hed come, 480 through the wellbuilt streets, across the mighty city, and reached the scaean gates, beyond which hed go. As she cradles the child, she anxiously watches the struggle in the plain below. Andromache, hector s widow, is so shocked to see aeneas that at first she thinks he might be a ghost. Oct 01, 20 in book vi of the iliad homer retells the scene between hector and andromache, ending with hectors departure for battle, where valiant diomedes is killing the trojans by the dozen. Andromache explains that she was the slave of pyrrhus the evil greek who killed priam, until another greek killed him, after which helenus inherited some of his territory.
Summary of the iliad book 6 hector and andromache free download as word doc. Andromache is a foil to the other three major characters of the play and underlines the immature and selfish nature of their passions. That he would feel deep shame if he were not to fight warrior code. Hectors son, the darling of his eyes and radiant as a star. Polypoetes, and antilochus join in the fray while menelaus attacks the trojan adrestus. Jun 20, 2011 hectors dire predictions were of course all to come true. Start studying the iliad book 6 hector and andromache. The iliadbook 22 the boxes and the by homer questions at the. What makes them distinctive is that they come from achilleus. The end of book vi is the famous scene between hector and andromache and their infant son, astyanax. This book raises the issues of war and life beyond war.
English iliad book 6 hector and andromache flashcards. She had gone with her son and a fair companion, to the battlements, where she stood in tears and sorrow. The end of book vi is the famous scene between hector and andromache and their. Battle between men after intervening for a time, the gods have retreated from the battlefield for now. The voynich code the worlds most mysterious manuscript the secrets of nature duration. The duel of paris and menelaus, how the oath was broken, the great deeds of diomed, concerning other valiant deeds, and of glaucus and. Together, they had a son, named scamandrius, more commonly referred to as astyanax. As hector returns to battle, andromache grieves as if he were already dead. The battle continues with ajax telamon killing trojans along side the rampaging diomedes. Prophet helenus advises aeneas and hector to rally the trojans and then orders hector to tell the women of troy to make an offering to athene to try to stop diomedes rampaghe. The captive andromache is haunted by memories of her former life and by her love for hector and their son astyanax, both slain by the greeks who are now her masters.
Murray so was the dread strife of the trojans and achaeans left to itself, and oft to this side and to that surged the battle over the plain, as they aimed one at the other their bronzetipped spears between the simois and the streams of xanthus. A servant tells him that she has gone to troys tower to watch the fighting. Hector however is a hero in a warrior society and to stay behind the battle would mean disgrace for himself and his family. Nov 23, 2018 the voynich code the worlds most mysterious manuscript the secrets of nature duration. From homers iliad, in the richmond lattimore translation from the university of chicago press, this is the moment on the battlements of troy, when the trojans great hero hector has left the fighting momentarily. Andromache has become a concubine to achilles son, neoptolemus, bearing him a child, molossus. But he found not whitearmed andromache in his halls.
When he had gone through the city and had reached the scaean gates through which he would go out on to the plain, his wife came running towards him, andromache, daughter of great eetion who ruled in. Hector hurried from the house when she had done speaking, and went down the streets by the same way that he had come. The episodes of glaucus and diomed, and of hector and andromache the gods having left the field, the grecians prevail. Hector and andromache from book 6 of the iliad youtube. It was here hectors gracious mother, hecuba, met him, as she was going to the palace, with laodice, loveliest of all her daughters. Hector kisses astyanax and prays to zeus that astyanax will be as preeminent, strong and brave as he, and also better than his father, enjoying battle spoils and pleasing his mother. Andromache takes place in the aftermath of the trojan war. Without the help of achilles the greeks forces are annihilated by the trojans led by their greatest warrior hector, the son of the trojan king, priam. So saying, hector of the flashing helm departed, 370 and came speedily to his wellbuilt house. Andromache weeps for the past loss of her family to the achaeans, and asks. Do you think that this attitude is consistent with his character elsewhere in the iliad. Helenus, the chief augur of troy, commands hector to return to the city, in order to appoint a solemn procession of the queen and the trojan matrons to the temple of minerva.