Wikipedia Trail: From Andromache to Apollo

After reading the unit on Greek Mythology, I was a bit curious about one of the characters.

(Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Andromache, was the wife of Hector and that was what she was mostly known as. With this search, I learned that after Hector's death, her life just took a turn for the worse. I believe that she was remarried twice following Hector's death, one was as a concubine. It sad to think that she lost her husband, who according to Wikipedia, they were the Greek ideal of happy marriage. Then to go and also lose their son.
Andromache's and Hector's son, Astyanax, was the next stop on my trail. I found out that his name was actually Scamandrius, but was nicknamed Astyanax by the people of Troy. After the death of Hector, Astyanax was killed by Neoptolemus, who later took Andromache as a concubine. There are different versions of how he died, one was that Neoptolemus threw his Astyanax off the walls of Troy. And then used his dead body to beat and kill Priam, Hector's father. There does exist a variety of tales where he survives the destruction of Troy. There is one tale where he goes on to become the King of Celtic Gaul and his name is changed to Francus. I found that information really interesting, but I decided to continue exploring characters of Greek Mythology.
I wanted to learn a bit more on Neoptolemus, he really peaked my interest with all the horrid things he did. He is also known as Pyrrhus and he is the son of Achilles and the princess Deidamia. There  are different versions of how he came to be. The one that I am most familiar with and is mentioned on this page, is that Thetis attempted to hide Achilles from the war and there he had an affair with Deidamia. He killed quite a number of people, during and after the war, and he was seen as brutal. But there is a version where he is shown as a kinder man who was carrying out his promises. There are two different versions of his death, one where he was killed after attempting to take Hermione, daughter of Menelaus. The other possibility was that he was killed by Apollo after he denounced him.
My last stop on this trail was that of Apollo, one of the gods. He is known as the god of music, poetry, art, oracles, archery, plague, medicine, sun, light and knowledge. I knew a little on Apollo, most of the time I preferred reading about his sister Artemis. But after this search I learned that there is so much information concerning Apollo. There are a variety of origin tales, such as Dorian and Anatolian. There were many temples devoted to Apollo in Greece. He also had quite the list of female lovers and quite a list of male lovers, as well. I kind of got confused looking at the list of consorts and children, there were a lot of name and even some unknowns.
Overall, this search trail let me learn a lot about Greek Mythology. While most of it surrounded the Trojan War and Hector, it was definitely a interesting read and journey.

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