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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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.”
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Mother · Sources
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
Father · Sources
Описание прямо называет Гермиону дочерью Менелая; сохранённая внешняя запись (Apollodorus 3.11.1) подтверждает: «Menelaus had daughter Hermione by Helen».
Apollodorus, Library 3.11.1, Perseus Digital Library · Apollodorus, Library 3.11.1 (Perseus)See all 2
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. 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
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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- Wikipedia · Hermione (mythology) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Excerpt; remaining sentences omitted.
Reference material remains distinct from the poem’s assertions. Characters who share a name retain separate pages.