Editing Astyanax (section)

==Survival==
[[Dictys Cretensis]] has Neoptolemus give "the sons of Hector" to [[Helenus]] as a reward for betraying his family.<ref>Trojan War Chonicle 5.16, Dictys Cretensis.</ref> [[Conon (mythographer)|Conon]] records how he and his brother [[Oxynios]] were sent to [[Lydia]] for safety, then returned after the war to rebuild Troy.<ref>Narrations 46, Conon.</ref> In Abas' lost ''Troika,'' it is said Astyanax takes over the city after its destruction. He is ousted from the throne by [[Antenor]] but then restored by [[Aeneas]].<ref>''Troy Between Greece and Rome: Local Tradition and Imperial Power.'' Erskine, Andrew (2001). </ref>

There are also stories from the [[Middle Ages]] and [[Renaissance]] that have Astyanax survive the destruction of Troy:
[[File:Hector Astyanax MN Jatta.jpg|thumb|Astyanax, in Andromache's lap, reaches to touch his father's helmet before his duel with Achilles ([[Apulian vase painting|Apulian red-figure]] [[Krater#Column krater|column-crater]], ca. 370–360 BC).]]
* In one version{{which|date=February 2024}}, either [[Talthybius]] finds he cannot bear to kill him or else kills a slave's child in his place. Astyanax survives to found settlements in [[Corsica]] and [[Sardinia]].
*The ''[[Chronicle of Fredegar]]'' contains the oldest mention of a medieval legend linking the [[Franks]] to the Trojans.<ref>{{in lang|fr}}  Hasenohr, Geneviève and Zink, Michel (eds.) ''Dictionnaire des lettres françaises: Le Moyen Age''. Collection: La Pochothèque. Paris: Fayard, 1992, p. 472, {{ISBN|2-253-05662-6}}.</ref> One legend, as further elaborated through the Middle Ages, established Astyanax, renamed "[[Francus]]", as the founder of the [[Merovingian]] dynasty and forefather of [[Charlemagne]].
* In [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]]'s ''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]'', "the sons of Hector" reigned in Troy after the expulsion of [[Antenor of Troy|Antenor]] and his followers.<ref name="HRB 1">{{cite wikisource | author=[[Geoffrey of Monmouth]] | wslink=Six Old English Chronicles/Geoffrey's British History | chapter=Book 1 | plaintitle=[[Historia Regum Britanniae]] | at=Chapters 12, 18 }}</ref>
*In [[Matteo Maria Boiardo]]'s ''[[Orlando innamorato]]'' (1495), Andromache saves Astyanax by hiding him in a tomb, replacing him with another child who is killed along with her by the Greeks. Taken to Sicily, Astyanax becomes the ruler of [[Messina]], killing the giant-king of [[Agrigento]] (named Agranor) and marries the queen of [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]]. He is killed treacherously by [[Aegisthus]], but his wife escapes to Reggio and bears a son (Polidoro), from whom the epic hero [[Ruggiero (character)|Ruggiero]] is descended (III, v, 18-27). In this tradition, the epic hero [[Roland]]'s sword [[Durendal]] is the very sword used by Hector, and Roland wins the sword by defeating a Saracen knight (Almonte, the son of [[Agolant]]) who had defeated Ruggiero II.
*In [[Ludovico Ariosto]]'s ''[[Orlando Furioso]]'', a continuation of Boiardo's poem, Astyanax is saved from Odysseus (36.70) by substituting another boy of his age for himself. Astyanax arrives in [[Sicily]], eventually becomes King of Messina, and his heirs later rule over [[Calabria]] (36.70–73). From these rulers is descended Ruggiero II, father of the hero Ruggiero, legendary founder of the [[house of Este]].
* Based on the medieval legend, [[Jean Lemaire de Belges]]'s ''Illustrations de Gaule et Singularités de Troie'' (1510–12) has Astyanax survive the fall of Troy and arrive in Western Europe. He changes his name to Francus and becomes King of [[Gaul|Celtic Gaul]] (while, at the same time, ''Bavo'', cousin of [[Priam]], comes to the city of [[Trier]]) and founds the dynasty leading to [[Pepin the Short|Pepin]] and [[Charlemagne]].<ref>{{in lang|fr}} Simonin, Michel (ed.) ''Dictionnaire des lettres françaises - Le XVIe siècle''. Paris: Fayard, 2001, p. 726, {{ISBN|2-253-05663-4}}</ref>
*Lemaire de Belges' work inspired [[Pierre de Ronsard]]'s epic poem ''La Franciade'' (1572). In this poem, Jupiter saves Astyanax (renamed Francus). The young hero arrives in Crete and falls in love with the princess Hyanthe with whom he is destined to found the royal dynasty of France.
*In [[Jean Racine]]'s play ''[[Andromaque]]'' (1667), Astyanax has narrowly escaped death at the hands of Odysseus, who has unknowingly been tricked into killing another child in his place. Andromache has been taken prisoner in [[Epirus]] by Neoptolemus (''Pyrrhus'') who is due to be married to [[Hermione (mythology)|Hermione]], the only daughter of the [[Sparta]]n king [[Menelaus]] and [[Helen of Troy]]. [[Orestes]], son of [[Agamemnon]] and [[Clytemnestra]], brother to [[Electra]] and [[Iphigenia]], and by now absolved of the crime of [[matricide]] prophesied by the [[Delphi| Delphic oracle]], has come to the court of Pyrrhus to plead on behalf of the Greeks for the return of Astyanax.