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Anax
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Anax or wanax is an ancient Greek word for "tribal chief, lord leader". It is one of the two Greek titles traditionally translated as "king", the other being basileus, and is inherited from Mycenaean
Archaic inscription [...]Ι ϜΑΝΑΚΤΙ ([...]i wanakti, "to the king") on ceramic fragment, here shown upside down; a warrior bearing a spear and mounted
Archaic inscription [...]Ι ϜΑΝΑΚΤΙ ([...]i wanakti, "to the king") on ceramic fragment, here shown upside down; a warrior bearing a spear and mounted on a horse is also depicted.
Mycenaean death mask of an unknown person, initially claimed to be Agamemnon. Such a mask may have been for a wanax.
Mycenaean death mask of an unknown person, initially claimed to be Agamemnon. Such a mask may have been for a wanax.
Linear B tablet from Pylos, an example of Mycenaean administrative records from state administrative bodies under a wánax
Linear B tablet from Pylos, an example of Mycenaean administrative records from state administrative bodies under a wánax
Astyanax
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In Greek mythology, Astyanax was the son of Hector, the crown prince of Troy, and of his wife, Princess Andromache of Cilician Thebe. His birth name was Scamandrius, but the people of Troy nicknamed h
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…horses"), Anaxagoras ("king of the agora"), Pleistoanax ("king of the multitude"), Anaximander ("king of the estate"), Anaximenes ("enduring king"), Astyanax ("high king", "overlord of the city"), Anaktoria ("royal [woman]"), Iphiánassa ("mighty queen"), and many others. The archaic plural ánakes (ἄνακες…
Astyanax, in Andromache's lap, reaches to touch his father's helmet before his duel with Achilles (Apulian red-figure column-crater, ca. 370–360 BC).
Astyanax, in Andromache's lap, reaches to touch his father's helmet before his duel with Achilles (Apulian red-figure column-crater, ca. 370–360 BC).
Astyanax torn from the arms of his mother Andromache to be killed by the Greek leaders. Painting by Rochegrosse.
Astyanax torn from the arms of his mother Andromache to be killed by the Greek leaders. Painting by Rochegrosse.
Andromache and Pyrrhus by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, 1810
Andromache and Pyrrhus by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, 1810