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But he named his kid Astyanax

Socrates II — 6/30/2008 6:20:48 PM (archived)

That's probably why Hector really went to his death, so his kid
wouldn't come after him years later.

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Odysseus' homecoming. - Lee - 6/24/2008 2:03:59 AM
- Homer did not write the Odyssey. It was another guy with the same name. - ER - 6/24/2008 2:30:26 PM
  - Unproven assumptions - Adam Crowl - 6/28/2008 9:59:05 AM
    - re: Unproven assumptions - ER - 6/28/2008 4:41:00 PM
      - Agreed... - Adam Crowl - 6/29/2008 5:19:38 AM
        
        But he named his kid Astyanax - Socrates II - 6/30/2008 6:20:48 PM
        
        Actually, Hector named him Scamandrius... - ER - 7/1/2008 2:37:01 AM
        
        The Paper in question... - Adam Crowl - 6/29/2008 8:30:44 PM
        
        I'm curious, - ER - 7/1/2008 2:51:36 PM
        
        Homer was a poet first... - Adam Crowl - 7/1/2008 7:54:11 PM
        
        re: Homer was a poet first... - ER - 7/1/2008 8:42:52 PM
  - Doh! (n/t) - Homer J. Simpson - 6/28/2008 12:41:52 AM
- low on facts, high on speculation (n/t) - dd - 6/24/2008 1:37:52 PM
  - New Date for Caesar's British Invasion - Socrates II - 6/27/2008 4:23:41 PM

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