Astyanax

Etymology
From, nickname of the firstborn son of Hector. Some species epithets also refer to the Trojan War.

Hyponyms

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Etymology
From, the nickname for the firstborn son of Hector, protector of Troy.

Proper noun

 * 1) * 1712, Ambrose Philips, The Distrest Mother, [adapted from 1667, Jean Racine, Andromaque], 1819, The Distrest Mother: A Tragedy, Act 1, Scene 1, page 3,
 * The jealous chiefs, and all the states of Greece, / With one united voice complain of Pyrrhus; / That now, forgetful of the promise giv'n, / And mindless of his godlike father's fate, / Astyanax he nurses in his court; Astyanax, the young, surviving hope / Of ruin'd Troy; Astyanax descended / From a long race of kings—great Hector's son.
 * The jealous chiefs, and all the states of Greece, / With one united voice complain of Pyrrhus; / That now, forgetful of the promise giv'n, / And mindless of his godlike father's fate, / Astyanax he nurses in his court; Astyanax, the young, surviving hope / Of ruin'd Troy; Astyanax descended / From a long race of kings—great Hector's son.