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Astyanax

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As·ty·a·nax  (-st-nks)
n. Greek Mythology
The young son of Hector and Andromache, killed when the Greeks conquered Troy.

Astyanax [æˈstaɪəˌnæks]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth the young son of Hector and Andromache, who was hurled from the walls of Troy by the Greeks


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So when he had fallen bloody death and hard fate seized on Astyanax.
Hector had named him Scamandrius, but the people called him Astyanax, for his father stood alone as chief guardian of Ilius.
 
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