person
Astyanax
The infant son of Hector and Andromache (called in the Latin only 'the boy', 'Hector's offspring', 'Priam's grandson'); Calchas demands his death, and he leaps from the last tower of Troy rather than be thrown.
Reading notes
- Agamemnon §660 Astyanax
The infant son of Hector, later hurled from the walls of Troy; here he leads the boys' procession.
- The Trojan Women §477 O son
Astyanax, the infant son of Hector and Andromache (unnamed in the Latin), whom Calchas dooms to be thrown from the tower.