Summary
Astyanax (Ἀστυάναξ, "lord of the city"), infant son of Hector, is read in node ط-٤ not as a phonetic loan but as a calque — grade ب− — of the attested Phoenician naming pattern ملقرت (mlk-qrt, "king of the city," Melqart the Baal of Tyre): an exact semantic match to a documented Levantine name-type. (المصدر: raw/greek/طروادة_عقد_جذور.md)
Symbolic Reading
Homer explains the name himself: his father called him Skamandrios, but the people called him Astyanax "because Hector alone protected Ilion" (Il. 6.402-403; 22.506-507). The doubled anchor: the child bears both a river-name (Skamandrios) and a "lord of the city" name — the same dual-naming environment documented at node م-٤ (Xanthos/Skamandros, gods' language vs men's). His death — thrown from the wall his name claimed — closes Hecuba's ع-ق-ب arc. (المصدر: raw/greek/طروادة_عقد_جذور.md)
Linguistic Root
Not a root borrowing: a calque of the mlk-qrt pattern. The Phoenician type is documented (grade أ); the calque relation is inference (hence ب−). (المصدر: raw/greek/طروادة_عقد_جذور.md)
Cross-Cultural Parallels
- Melqart, Baal of Tyre — the naming pattern's source; compare Baal as city-lord
- Hector — the father whose function the son's name states
- Trojan Onomastics and the Levantine Substrate
Open Questions
- Whether astu-anax formations arose independently in Greek (anax is native and Mycenaean wa-na-ka is attested) — independent invention vs calque cannot be decided from the name alone; the dossier grades accordingly. (المصدر: raw/greek/طروادة_عقد_جذور.md)