I DONT NEES TO THINK ABOUT THIS IT MAKES IT WORSE
when in just a man in epic odysseus like hesitates and cradles astyanax he was most likely thinking of telemachus because odysseus hasn't seen him since he was a baby LIKE THE WAY THE FATHER AND SON PAIRS PARALE EACH OTHER like odysseus doesn't get to see his son grow up any older then before he left but then gets to see his son as an adult while Hector gets to cherish and watch his son age but doesn't get to see him being an adult and Hector and his son reunite in death while odysseus and his son reunite in life
GIYS WHO WHEN ODYSSEUS DROPS ASTYANAX (I CANT SOELL HIS NAME) THE BABY FOESNT CRY BC
IN BOOK 6(?) (HECTOR RETURNS TO TROY) HE PLAYS WITH ASTYANAX HE THROWS HIM UP AND DOWN SO ASTYANAC ISNT SCARED OF HEIGHTS BC HE THINKD HECTORS GONNA CATCH HIM WASAAAAAAAAA
SO ASTYANAX GETS SCARED OF HECTOR WHEN HE WEARS HIS HELMET AND ASTYAMAX PROBABLY ONLY EVER SAW HELMEYS WHRN IT WAS HECTOR SO HE THIBKS ODYSSEUS IS HECTOR
IM SOBBING