Astyanax

/ (æˈstaɪəˌnæks) /

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noun

Greek myth the young son of Hector and Andromache, who was hurled from the walls of Troy by the Greeks

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For in truth thou art the very image of my Astyanax, so like are thy eyes and face and hands.
Stories of the Old world|Alfred John Church
Take these last gifts of thy kinsfolk, O sole surviving likeness to me of my own Astyanax!
The Aeneid of Virgil|Virgil
He would have heard of his grandson being thrown neck and heels from a high tower, "mittitur Astyanax illis de turribus."
Wanderings in South America|Charles Waterton
He was represented delivering his son Astyanax into her arms, and the eyes of Andromache were fixed upon him.
Practical Education, Volume II|Maria Edgeworth

And that white flower, climbing up the trunks of the trees and trailing down so prettily from the branches, is called Astyanax.
The Happy Hypocrite|Max Beerbohm

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