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<TEI.2><text><body><div1 type="alphabetic letter" n="A" org="uniform" sample="complete"><div2 type="entry" id="astyanax-bio-1" org="uniform" sample="complete"><head><persName lang="la"><surname full="yes">Asty'anax</surname></persName></head>

<p>（<label lang="greek">Ἀστυάναξ</label>), the son of Hector and Andromache; his more common name was Scamandrius.
After the taking of Troy the Greeks hurled him down from the walls of the city to prevent the fulfilment of a decree of fate, according to which he was to restore the kingdom of Troy. (<bibl n="Hom. Il. 6.400" default="NO" valid="yes">Hom. Il. 6.400</bibl>, &amp;c.; <bibl n="Ov. Met. 13.415" default="NO" valid="yes">Ov. Met. 13.415</bibl>; <bibl n="Hyg. Fab. 109" default="NO">Hyg. Fab. 109</bibl>.)
A different mythical person of the name occurs in Apollodorus. (2.7.8.) </p><byline>[<ref target="author.L.S" targOrder="U">L.S</ref>]</byline></div2></div1></body></text></TEI.2>