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The tragic tale of *"Pyrrhus and Andromache" is one of the most heart-wrenching episodes from Greek mythology. After the fall of Troy, Andromache once a proud queen and wife of the slain hero Hector was enslaved by the victorious Greek warrior Pyrrhus (also called Neoptolemus). Though he took her as his concubine, her greatest torment came when Pyrrhus deemed her infant son, "Astyanax", the last heir of Troy’s royal bloodline, a threat to his rule. In a desperate act of maternal defiance, Andromache fell to her knees, clutching Pyrrhus’ robes, and begged him to take her life instead. Yet, in a brutal display of political ruthlessness, Pyrrhus ordered the child hurled from Troy’s towering walls—an act immortalized in art and literature as the ultimate symbol of a conqueror’s cruelty. This story, retold in Euripides’ tragedy *The Trojan Women*, forces us to question whether power inevitably corrupts, or if mercy can still flicker in the heart of a victor. The 19th-century painting "Pyrrhus and Andromache" by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin captures the climactic moment of her plea, her white robes symbolizing shattered innocence against Pyrrhus’ blood-red cloak. Even today, Andromache’s anguish echoes as a timeless testament to a mother’s love and the devastating cost of war.