 However, Andromache is seen in "Iliad" 6 in an unusual place for the traditional housewife, standing before the ramparts of Troy (6.370–373).Traditional gender roles are breached as well, as Andromache gives Hector military advice (6.433–439).Although her behavior may seem nontraditional, hard times disrupt the separate spheres of men and women, requiring a shared civic response to the defense of the city as a whole.