Astyanax

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Astyănax, actis, m., = Ἀστυάναξ (acc. Gr. Astyanacta, Verg. A. 2, 457).

I Son of Hector and Andromache; at the destruction of Troy he was thrown from a tower by Ulysses , Verg. A. 2, 457; Ov. M. 13, 415.—

II A tragic actor in the time of Cicero , Cic. Att. 4, 15, 6.