Epic: The Musical
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Epic: The Musical is a nine-part series of album musicals written and produced in their entirety by Puerto Rican actor and singer-songwriter Jorge Rivera-Herrans. This musical project, released betwee
The murder of the baby Astyanax at the hands of Odysseus is a key moment in The Troy Saga.
The Cyclops Saga follows the conflict between Odysseus's men and the cyclops Polyphemus.
The musical's main antagonist, Poseidon, is introduced in The Ocean Saga.
The witch Circe serves as the antagonist of The Circe Saga.
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
Epic: The Musical
…of Troy using the Trojan Horse. While sacking the city, Odysseus receives a vision from the god Zeus informing him that if he does not kill the infant Astyanax, son of the Trojan prince Hector, the boy will eventually grow up to seek vengeance against Odysseus and his family ("The Horse and the Infant…
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.
Andromache and Pyrrhus by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, 1810