Essays on Andromache

Thesis

Charles Baudelaire’s poem, The Swan (1860), is a clash of emotions, from nostalgia to despondency, brought about by the destruction of the City of Paris and the memory creation on the events of the war.

The feelings of loss and nostalgia keep on bugging the persona’s mind, and he remembers Andromache, the widow of Hector, a Troy great warrior. When Greece defeated Trojan, the son of Achilles took Andromache as a trophy of war, taking her away from the familiarities of her entire life and surroundings to a new civilization and establishment where she became a wife ...

It cannot be denied that a powerful influence was exerted by the Lesbian poetess Sappho over all of the poetry of Catullus. In his poem 51, Catullus uses the pseudonym Lesbia as a compliment to Sappho, meaning the woman of Lesbos, which was her place of birth. When using the name Lesbia, Catullus does not only seems to be speaking of his love for his mistress, but at the same time, also appears to be invoking the figure of Sappho (Greene 133). The influence of Sappho that runs through the collection can also be seen in 11, while the poems 5 ...

The daughter of a King, Andromache was married to Hector of Troy and Achilles slew not only her beloved husband, but her seven brothers shortly after her nuptials. A classic figure in Greek mythology and a key character of any epic of the Trojan War, Andromache is certainly portrayed in various publications, including the Illiad, the Aeneid, The Trojan Women, and Ars Amatoria. Obviously each poet, writer, playwright or screenwriter has all viewed Andromache through their own lens. For the purpose of this paper, however, we will focus on Euripides’ perspective in The Trojan Women and Virgil’s view in the ...