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In Greek Mythology, Astyanax was the infant son of Hector and Andromache of Troy. Astyanax had a very short life span. While he was still very young the Greeks killed him when they captured Troy at the end of the Trojan War. The Greeks killed him because they had killed his father, Hector, and feared he would attempt revenge if he were to survive. In some accounts it was Neoptolemus, Achilles' son, who threw Astyanax from the wall of Troy. In other accounts it was other Greeks who accomplished the act. | In Greek Mythology, Astyanax was the infant son of [[Hector]] and [[Andromache]] of Troy. Astyanax had a very short life span. While he was still very young the Greeks killed him when they captured Troy at the end of the Trojan War. The Greeks killed him because they had killed his father, [[Hector]], and feared he would attempt revenge if he were to survive. In some accounts it was [[Neoptolemus]], [[Achilles]]' son, who threw Astyanax from the wall of Troy. In other accounts it was other Greeks who accomplished the act. | ||