ID: 901001966 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001966	Record Type: Character/Person

	Astyanax (Greek character)

Note: in Greek legend, prince who was the son of the Trojan prince Hector and his wife Andromache. Hector named him Scamandrius after the River Scamander, near Troy. In the sixth book of the Iliad, Homer relates that Astyanax disrupted the last meeting of his parents by crying at the sight of his father’s plumed helmet. After the fall of Troy, Astyanax was hurled from the battlements of the city by either Odysseus or the Greek warrior and son of Achilles, Neoptolemus.

Names:

	Astyanax (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Scamandrius (Greek character) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Astyanax (Greek character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Neoptolemus
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Neoptolemus (Greek character)) [901000430]

	child of .... Hector
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Hector (Greek character)) [901000597]

	child of .... Andromache
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Andromache (Greek character)) [901000596]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... legendary character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
	.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Trojan
	.....(Ancient Greek (culture or style), Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Astyanax (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 87001071
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 94H2411 Astyanax is hurled down ...
	Scamandrius (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Astyanax," accessed 13 July 2017
	................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/99/benjamin-west-the-fright-of-astyanax-hector-bidding-farewell-to-andromache-american-1797-000000/