Chapter 19 - The Trojan Saga

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Leda

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Wife of Tymdareus - Kng of Sparta

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Tyndareus

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King of Sparta, husband of Leda

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Leda & The Swan

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Zeus appears to Leda disguised as a swan. He lays 2 eggs and from them 4 children are born. Polydeuces, Helen, Castor, Clytemnestra

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4 Children from Zeus' swan eggs...

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Polydeuces (Pollux), Helen, Castor, Clytemnestra

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Pollux

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Polydeuces' Roman name

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"The Dioscuri"

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"Sons of Zeus"

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Polydeuces

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Immortal, son of Zeus, famous for being a boxer

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Castor

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Mortal, son of Tyndareus, famous for Taming horses

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Castor dies...

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In fight against a violent storm. Flames flickered from both he and his brothers heads and the storm stoped

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St Elmos Fire

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The flames from Castor and Polydeuces' heads during the violent storm

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Polydeuces saves his brother by...

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Sharing his immortality with him

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Helen

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Most beautiful woman, wanted by all men

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Odysseus' deal with all th suiters

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1. Must respect Tyndareus' decision of who Helen wll marry, 2. Must all vow to protect and rescue her if she needs it

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Menelaus

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King of Sparta, chosen by Tyndareus to marry to Helen.

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Peleus & Thetis

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Get married, but didnt invite Eris!

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"Eris"

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"Discord" Wasnt invited to Peleus & Thetis' wedding so o stir things up she throws a golden apple into the middle of the party that says "to the fairest"

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Hera, Athena, Aphrodite

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All claimed they should recieve the "fairest" apple

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Paris

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Judge of the 'beauty contest' between Hera, Athena and Aphrodite.

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Alexander

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AKA. Paris, son of Priam, King of Troy, judge of 'beauty contest'

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Hecubas Dream

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Hecuba is the mother of Paris, she dreamt she would give birth to a fireband that destroys Troy so when she had Paris she left him on mt Ida and he was raised by shepards

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Hekabe

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Hecubas Greek Name

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Bribe of Hera

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Offers Paris World Dominatin to chose her as the most beautiful

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Bribe of Athena

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Offers Paris Military Victory to chose her as most beautiful

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Bribe of Aphrodite

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Offers Paris Helen (to be his wife) to chose her as most beautiful

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Paris choosesss....

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Aphrodite, duh, he wants to marry Helen

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Odysseus goes crazy

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When he finds out about Aphrodites bribe, he goes nuts. He calls all the Greek heroes together and plows field with ox& ass and sows field with salt

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Telemachus

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Son of Odysseus and Penelope

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____ places ____ before plow

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Palamedes, Telemachus

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Calchas

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Seer who accompanies Armada and prophesys "Troy cannot be taken w/o Achilles"

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Achilles

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Child of Peleus & Thetis and is destined to be a child greater than his father

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Thetis(Mommy) tries to make Achillies Immortal

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1. Burns away mortal bits and annoints him with ambrosia but Peleus (Daddy) stops him before he is finished
2. Dips him into the River Styx but is holding him by his heel and therefore his heel is still mortal

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Chiron

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Achilles mentor, he is wise centaur

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Patroclus

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Achilles best friend

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Mt. Pelion

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The mountain where Chrion, Patroclus and Achilles train

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Achilles fate

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Either to live a long inglorious life, or a short glorious life

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Scyros

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Where Thetis hides Achilles dressed up as a girl to try to save him from having to go to war

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Deidamia

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Daughter of Lycomedes that Achilles meets while hiding out from war, falls inlove with her and has a baby

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Neoptolemus

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Son of Achilles and Deidamia

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Pyrrhus

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Alternate name for the son of Achilles and Deidamia

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Odysseus

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Blows Achilles cover by tempting him with armour and weapons

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Iphigenia

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Daughter of Agamemnon who must be scarifced in order to appease Artemis, gain favorable wind and make their way to Troy. Alternate version is Artemis saves her at the last minutee and takes her to Taurians

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Philoctetes

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Bitten in the foot by a snake, the wound makes a powerful stenct so he is abandoned on Lemnos, left with Heracles' bows and arrows because he had lit Heracles funeral pyre earlier

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Helenus

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Priams son, prophesies that they only way to win the battle of Troy is with Heracles bow and arrow, so the Greeks go back and rescue Philocretes and the bow and then killed Paris, a strong Trojan champion

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How many years in the Trojan war?

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10 years of Fighting and Skirmishing

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Chryses

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Priest of Apollo

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Chryseis

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Daughter of Chryses

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"Arete"

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"Excellence"

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"Time"

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"Honour" or "face"

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"Kelos"

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"Glory"

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Chryses wants to ransom his daughter, Agamemnon wont let him, Chryses prays to ___ and __ happens

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Prays to Apollo to send a plague, and Apollo does

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Calchas' Prophecy about Chryseis

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Chryseis is to be returned w/o ransom, which leaves Agamemnon wirth nothing so he takes Achillies girlfriend Briseis, Achillies wants to kill Agamemnon, Athena intervines and stops him, Achillies withdraws

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Briseis

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Achilles girlfriend, who is stolen by Agamemnon but then rescued

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Achillies Prophecy

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"You will tear your heart, angry that you didnt not honour the best of the Achaeans"

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Thetis obtains oath from Zeus that Achillies...

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will be honoured

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Hector

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Greatest of Trojan heroes, brother of Paris

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Andromache

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Wife of Hector, Mother of Astyanax

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Astyanax

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Child of Hector and Andromache

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Andromache says "Hector please dont...."

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"Fight Achilles, its a death wish and that will leave your wife a widow and your son an orphan"

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Agamemnon tries to appease Achilles with lots of gifts as an appology for stealing Briseis, his girlfriend...

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Sent Odysseus, Phoenix and Ajax to tell him this

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Odysseus' speech is ...

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appeals Achilles wounded pride and shows that he is more than amply compensated, mentions that above and beyond the gifts he will also receive Briseis again and she is untouched by Agamemnon, but Achilles doesn't accept the bribe

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Achilles refuses...

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All three speaches and will not take their gifts or bribes

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Patroclus dons Achillies armour

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But Achillies warns him not to try and figh Hector

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Hector burns Greek ships...

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Achillies still refuses to fight

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Patroclus fights Hector...

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And dies, and Hector steals Achillies armour

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After Patroclus dies, Achilles ...

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agrees to come to terms with Agamemnon and return to battle.

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Hephaestus

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Makes Achilles new armour

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Hector vs Achilles one on one

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Hector chickens out, run around the walls of Troy 3x, but Achilles shows no mercy and slaughters Hector. He then brings his corpse to his tent

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12 trojan youths and games in Patroclus' honour

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The funeral and sacrifice of Patoclus

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Thetis tells Achilles that Zeus says he has to relent

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Priam sneaks into camp, gets Hectors body, gives him a proper funeral

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Penthesilea

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Queen of the Amazons, Achilles kills her, strips her of her armour, but also falls in love with her

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Thersites

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Says Achilles isthe ugliest man in Troy, so Achilles kills him, withdraws to Lesbos and is purified by Odysseus

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Paris kills Achilles...

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By wounding him in the ankle, with the help of Apollo

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Achilles dead body is recovered by...

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Ajax. AKA. Ajax the greater, son of Telamon, Telamonian Ajax

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Polyxena

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Daughter of Priam and Hecuba. Achilles ghost demamds her soul.

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Odysseus vs Ajax

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Each claims Achilles' armour for themselves, Athena becomes judge and Odysseus receives the armour because Trojan prisoners claim that Odysses was a more intimdating foe

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Ajax goes crazy over the armour...

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Slaughters a flock of sheep and then kills himself by falling on his own sword. From his blood springs a flower called "Ai Ai"

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3 conditions for the Fall of Troy according to Helenus

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1. Neoptolemus - son of Achilles, brutally slaughters Priam
2. The Palladium - Statue of Athena, "protectress of the city"
3. Bow of Heracles - Philoctetes from Lemnos

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The Trojan Horse

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Built by Epeus, holds all the Greeks, fake offering to Athena

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Sinon

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Human sacrifice for the Trojan horse, the Greeks preted to sail away and act as if Sinon has escaped, he presents the Trojan horse as a sacrifce to Athena

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Cassandra Prophecy

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Doomed to failure, but it was never believed

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Laocoon

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Priest of Apollo, says Sinon is a liar and throws a spear at the side of the horse. 2 sea serpents attack and kil Laocoon and his two sons

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Aeneas

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Son of Aphrodie and Anchises, the founder of the Roman people

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Ajax the lesser

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Son of Oileus, rapes Cassandra at the temple of Athena, Athena kills him on his way home

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Cassandra

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Agamemnon's girlfriend, raped by Ajax the lesser

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Trojan Women

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Hecuba, Cassandra, Andromache. Powerful anti- war tragedy.

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Odysseus hurls Astyanax to his death

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Throws him off the wall of Troy infront of his mother. "Only a fool kills father and allows son to live"