[735] This story of the death of Astyanax was handled by the Cyclics. Tzetzes quotes the following from the “Ἰλιὰς μικρά” of Lesches: —
“ αὐτὰρ Ἀχιλλῆος μεγαθύμου φαίδιμος υἱὸςἙκτορέην ἄλοχον κάταγεν κοίλας ἐπὶ νῆας,
παῖδα δ᾽ ἑλὼν ἐκ κόλπου ἐυπλοκάμοιο τιθήνης
ῥῖψε ποδὸς τεταγὼν ἀπὸ πύργου: τὸν δὲ πεσόντα
ἔλλαβε πορφύρεος θάνατος καὶ μοῖρα κραταιή.
” λυγρὸν ὄλεθρον, ‘accus. in apposition with the sentence,’ i.e. expressing the sum or result of an action, see on 4.28.