Stephanie West on Homer,
Odyssey 1.113:
His name reflects his father's characteristic method of fighting; for Odysseus' skill at archery cf. viii 215 ff. (with Hainsworth's n.), xxi 393 ff., xxii 1 ff. The children of many Homeric heroes bear names which recall some aspect of their fathers' lives—Eurysaces (Ajax), Astyanax (Hector), Megapenthes (Menelaus), Iphianassa, Chrysothemis, and Laodice (Agamemnon), Pisistratus (Nestor)...
Name meanings:
- Astyanax: city's king
- Chrysothemis: golden law
- Eurysaces: broad shield
- Iphianassa: strong queen
- Laodice: people's justice
- Megapenthes: great sorrow
- Pisistratus: persuader of the army
- Telemachus: fighting from afar
See Nikoletta Kanavou,
The Names of Homeric Heroes: Problems and Interpretations (Berlin: de Gruyter, 2015).