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An engraving showing the child Astyanax thrown from the walls of Troy as his mother Andromache looks on. In Greek mythology, Astyanax (/ ə ˈ s t aɪ. ə n æ k s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀστυάναξ Astyánax, "lord of the city") was the son of Hector, the crown prince of Troy, and of his wife, Princess Andromache of Cilician Thebe. [1]
Slaughter of the suitors by Odysseus and Telemachus, Campanian red-figure bell-krater, ca. 330 BC, Louvre (CA 7124) In Homer's Odyssey, Telemachus, under the instructions of Athena (who accompanies him during the quest), spends the first four books trying to gain knowledge of his father, Odysseus, who left for Troy when Telemachus was still an infant.
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas is an apocryphal gospel about the childhood of Jesus.The scholarly consensus dates it to the mid-to-late second century, with the oldest extant fragmentary manuscript dating to the fourth or fifth century, and the earliest complete manuscript being the Codex Sabaiticus from the 11th century.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 January 2025. Legendary Greek king of Ithaca For other uses, see Odysseus (disambiguation). See also: Ulysses Fictional character Odysseus Head of Odysseus from a Roman period Hellenistic marble group representing Odysseus blinding Polyphemus, found at the villa of Tiberius at Sperlonga, Italy In ...
Telemachus married Telegonus' mother, the enchantress Circe, while Telegonus took to wife Odysseus' widow Penelope. [6] By Penelope, he was the father of Italus who, according to some accounts, gave his name to Italy. [7] What appears to be later tradition holds that Odysseus would also be resurrected by Circe after he was killed by Telegonus. [8]
Odysseus Overcome by Demodocus' Song, by Francesco Hayez, 1813–15. Odysseus recounts his story to the Phaeacians. After a failed raid against the Cicones, Odysseus and his twelve ships were driven off course by storms. Odysseus visited the lotus-eaters who gave his men their fruit which caused them to forget their homecoming. Odysseus had to ...
The plot of Odysseus Acanthoplex was derived from Telegony, part of the Epic Cycle. [6] As background to the plot of the play, Homer's Odyssey tells of Odysseus spending a year with the goddess Circe. [7] In the version of the myth that Odysseus Acanthoplex was based on, Odysseus and Circe had a son from this dalliance, Telegonus.
A version for children appears on the 1984 Cabbage Patch Kids album "A Cabbage Patch Christmas". Woody Guthrie rewrote the lyrics to the song in 1949 and adapted the song to become “Come When I Call You.” Written about the ravages of war in the aftermath of World War II, the song would go unpublished until the late 90s.