Astyanax

First appears: The Little Iliad

In The Little Iliad, Astyanax is Andromache’s son, snatched from the bosom of his nurse by Neoptolemus, the son of Achilles. Neoptolemus seized him by the foot and cast him from a tower.

Relationship record

The Little Iliad

• parent: Hector “but her son he snatched from the bosom of his rich-haired nurse and seized him by the foot and cast him from a tower.”
• parent: Andromache “but her son he snatched from the bosom of his rich-haired nurse”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.