Maid
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
handmaid · a handmaid weeping · kind companion of my bondage
spoken of as
1 expressionthe Maid1 mention
Andromache (Greek)
kind companion of my bondage, for such thou art to her, who, erst thy queen, is now sunk in misery;
in the texts
Alcestis
An unnamed handmaid of Alcestis who emerges from the palace to report to the Chorus on Alcestis's condition and her final ritual acts.
Anon into her bridal bower she burst, and then her tears brake forth and thus she cried, O couch, whereon I loosed my maiden state for the man in whose cause I die, farewell!
Dying he had died once for all, but by avoiding death he hath a legacy of grief that he will ne’er forget.
At last, when she had had her fill of weeping, she tore herself from the bed and hurried headlong forth, and oft as she was leaving the chamber turned she back and cast herself once more upon the couch;
Andromache
Andromache's unnamed serving-woman, a fellow captive from Troy, who warns her of Hermione and Menelaus's plot and goes to summon Peleus.
kind companion of my bondage, for such thou art to her, who, erst thy queen, is now sunk in misery;
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