Hermione

Mortal woman

In Greek mythology, Hermione (; Ancient Greek: Ἑρμιόνη, romanized: Hermiónē, lit. 'messenger', 'earthly' or 'stone', [hermi.ónɛː]) was the daughter of Menelaus, king of Sparta, and his wife, Helen of Troy. Prior to the Trojan War, Hermione had been betrothed by Tyndareus, her grandfather, to her cousin Orestes, son of her uncle, Agamemnon.

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Hermione. Hermione — Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum, Guillaume Rouille
Hermione — Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum, Guillaume Rouille · Published by Guillaume Rouille (1518?-1589)Image source Public domain

Mentions in the Iliad

A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

“and my daughter, well-beloved, and the lovely companions of my girlhood. But that was not to be; wherefore I pine away with weeping. Howbeit this will I tell thee, whereof thou dost ask and enquire. Yon man is the son of Atreus, wide-ruling Agamemnon, that is both a noble king and a valiant spearman.”
Il. 3.175–179

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and my daughter, well-beloved, and the lovely companions of my girlhood. But that was not to be; wherefore I pine away with weeping. Howbeit this will I tell thee, whereof thou dost ask and enquire. Yon man is the son of Atreus, wide-ruling Agamemnon, that is both a noble king and a valiant spearman.
Il. 3.175

Il. 3.175

In art

Pierre-Narcisse Guérin. Pierre-Narcisse Guérin - Andromaque et Pyrrhus (Bx E 665). Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22961949

Pierre-Narcisse Guérin. Andromaque et Pyrrhus. Department of Paintings of the Louvre. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29855485

Photograph / reproduction: Pierre-Narcisse Guérin

Photograph / reproduction date: 1813

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The character is matched to the catalogue.

Wikidata Q658523

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