Andromache

Acts

• 0
  Act 0

  The complete text of Andromache. Hector's widow, now a slave, must protect her son from Hermione and Menelaus in Neoptolemus' household.

  14 lines
• Prologue

  Andromache, Hector's widow and Neoptolemus's concubine, has taken refuge at Thetis's altar. Hermione is trying to kill her.

  30 lines
• Parodos

  The chorus sympathises with Andromache but urges submission.

  Not yet imported
• First Episode

  Hermione confronts Andromache, jealous that Neoptolemus prefers the concubine.

  40 lines
• First Stasimon

  The chorus reflects on the misery of divided households.

  Not yet imported
• Second Episode

  Menelaus threatens Andromache's hidden son unless she leaves the altar.

  26 lines
• Second Stasimon

  The chorus condemns Menelaus's cruelty.

  273 lines
• Third Episode

  Andromache surrenders to save her son. Old Peleus arrives and shames Menelaus into retreat.

  26 lines
• Third Stasimon

  The chorus praises Peleus's nobility.

  185 lines
• Fourth Episode

  Hermione panics. Orestes arrives — he was betrothed to her before Neoptolemus took her.

  33 lines
• Fourth Stasimon

  The chorus laments the chain of violence linking these royal houses.

  Not yet imported
• Fifth Episode

  Orestes reveals his plot to have Neoptolemus murdered at Delphi.

  64 lines
• The Messenger

  A messenger describes Neoptolemus's death at Delphi.

  64 lines