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Name Astyanax
Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Scripts Ἀστυάναξ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /as.ty.á.naks/(Attic Greek) /as.ty.ˈa.naks/(Byzantine Greek) /as.ti.ˈa.naks/(Constantinopolitan Greek) /ə.ˈstaɪ.ə.næks/(English)
Other Forms FormsAstuanax
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Meaning & History
Means "city lord" or "lord of the city", derived from Greek ἄστυ (asty) meaning "city, town" and ἄναξ (anax) meaning "master, lord, chief".In Greek mythology, Astyanax was the nickname of the firstborn son of Hector and his wife Andromache, named Σκαμάνδριος (Skamandrios) at birth.