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Hermione (hərmī`ənē), in Greek mythology, the only daughter of Helen Helen, in Greek mythology, the most beautiful of women; daughter of Leda and Zeus , and sister of Castor and Pollux and Clytemnestra . While still a young girl Helen was abducted to Attica by Theseus and Polydeuces, but Castor and Pollux rescued her. ..... Click the link for more information. and Menelaus Menelaus (mĕnəlā`əs), in Greek mythology, king of Sparta, son of Atreus . ..... Click the link for more information. . When Helen eloped with Paris, Hermione was abandoned to the care of Clytemnestra. She later married Neoptolemus, the son of Achilles. In Euripides' Andromache, she is carried off by Orestes Orestes, in Greek mythology, the only son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon and brother of Electra and Iphigenia. After the slaying of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, Orestes, still a boy, was sent to live in exile. ..... Click the link for more information. who marries her after he has contrived the murder of Neoptolemus at Delphi. Hermione rejected by Pyrrhus, who weds Andromache. [Fr. Lit.: Andromache] See : Love, Spurned Hermione bore Leontes’ unfounded jealousy, thus gaining his love. [Br. Lit.: The Winter’s Tale] See : Patience Hermione commits suicide upon the funeral pyre of her beloved Pyrrhus for having instigated his murder. [Fr. Drama: Racine Andromaque] See : Remorse How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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