Talk:Astyanax

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I hate adding "norefs" or "fact" tags but they could really be useful here. What are the sources for the stories about Astyanax? Unfortunately I only know the passage in the Metamorphoses about his death. Adam Bishop (talk) 19:57, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Quote needing citation

I have removed the following quote from the article, given that it remains unattributed (text? author? translation?):

...who threw the infant from a wall and told his mother "Since my father (Achilles) killed his father (Hector) he might try to avenge the death. He also could become King of Troy, and we want no more kings of Troy!"

If someone can supply the source, feel free to bring the quote back to the main page. - NYArtsnWords (talk) 21:09, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Long I

Why would it be pronounced that way? It's not called the River Stikes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.182.130.241 (talk) 19:26, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Translation of "Astyanax"

Wouldn't a better translation of Astyanax be "lord of the city" rather than "protector of the city"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.177.238.70 (talk) 15:42, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

Yes, whoever wrote that was just mistaken. They gave a reference to Beekes, but without a page number, and that seems to be because Beekes doesn't discuss it (under either ἄστυ or ἄναξ). They were probably confused because when Astyanax is introduced in the Iliad, it's said that he was called that by the people "for Hector alone protected Ilium."--2603:8000:8900:6E00:1D6A:5AD4:DC17:2E85 (talk) 02:55, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Astyanax's death replaced by slave boy 's

I added the "which?" tag to a statement that "in one version," Astyanax's death is replaced by that of a slave child. I don't know the original source, but Somtow's fiction used this same trope. Al Begamut (talk) 17:31, 10 February 2024 (UTC)