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What does Astyanax mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (mythology) The nickname of Scamandrius, child son of Hector and Andromache.
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Euripides allows the mangled corpse of astyanax to be brought upon the stage on his father's shield.
Who was it but old Priam, to whom Andromache used to lead little Astyanax?
Now, if the men called him astyanax, is it not probable that the other name was conferred by the women?
Hector enters the city, urges prayers and sacrifices, incites Paris to battle, bids his wife Andromache and son Astyanax farewell on the city walls, and rejoins the battle.
But none knew the depth of his love and gentleness as did his wife, Andromache, and their little son, astyanax.
Two invasions by Astyanax species were proposed, both of them Central American in origin.

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