A black and white drawing of well-muscled Greek gods and goddesses, with one standing on a chariot while the other falls to his death.

20 Nov

I Thought of you, Andromache

Delve into the Baillieu Library special collections and explore what – if anything – we think when we think of Andromache. This collection viewing reflects on Andromache’s afterlives and asks what this ‘relic’ of the Trojan wars might mean for us today. Baudelaire opened his famous poem The Swan (1861) thinking of Andromache, expecting to call up a wealth of associations with this mythic Trojan woman, however, has her representation disappeared?

Enjoy a 60-minute viewing of the University of Melbourne special collections.

This project was produced in collaboration with the 2025 Being Human Festival.

Date	Times
Thu 20 Nov	6:30pm - 7:30pm

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