Astyanax

Japanese: Astyanax

…After the death of Achilles, he was asked by the Greek army to join the battle, knowing that one of the conditions for the capture of Troy was the participation of Neoptolemus, the surviving son of Achilles. He was one of the brave warriors who entered the enemy city by hiding inside the womb of a wooden horse. When Troy fell, he defeated the enemy king Priam, threw the enemy general Hector's infant Astyanax over the city wall, and received Andromache, the mother of the enemy, as a reward. After the Trojan War, he was either killed in a fight with a priest at Delphi, or went to the Epirus region in the northwest of the Greek mainland and became king of the Molossians. …

From Hector

…Husband of Andromache. Father of Astyanax. He was not only brave but also a great general who knew compassion and served his country well. However, in the tenth year of the war, he killed Patroclus, who had gone to battle in place of Achilles, the greatest hero of the Greek army. Achilles was inspired by the death of his best friend, and was defeated in single combat and killed in battle.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アキレウスの死後，その遺児ネオプトレモスの参戦がトロイア攻略の条件のひとつと知ったギリシア軍の要請で戦地を踏み，知勇兼備の将として活躍した。木馬の胎内にひそんで敵城内に入った勇士のひとりでもあり，トロイア陥落時には，敵王プリアモスを討ち，敵将ヘクトルの幼児アステュアナクスAstyanaxを城壁より投げて殺し，その母アンドロマケAndromachēを褒賞として得た。トロイア戦後の彼については，デルフォイで神官と争って殺されたとも，ギリシア本土西北部のエペイロス地方へ赴き，モロッソス人の王となったともいう。…

【ヘクトル】より

…アンドロマケAndromachēの夫。アステュアナクスAstyanaxの父。彼はたんに勇敢なばかりか，情理をもわきまえた名将としてよく祖国防衛の任にあたったが，戦争の10年目に，ギリシア軍最大の英雄アキレウスの身代りに出陣したパトロクロスPatroklosを討ち取ったため，親友の死に奮起したアキレウスとの一騎打ちに敗れて戦死した。…

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