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Neoptolemus

For other people named Neoptolemus, see Neoptolemus (disambiguation).
Neoptolemus
Prince of Skyros
Neoptolemus killing Priam
Other namesPyrrhus, Achillides, Pelides, Aeacides
AbodeSkyros
Genealogy
Parents(a) Achilles and Deidamia
(b) Achilles and Iphigenia
SiblingsOneiros
Consort(1) Andromache
(2) Lanassa
(3) Hermione
Offspring(1) Molossus, Pielus, Pergamus and Amphialus
(2) eight children
Scene from the tragedy Andromache by Euripides: Orestes kills Neoptolemus at the altar of Apollo in Delphi. Despairing Hermione, wife of Neoptolemus but previously promised to Orestes, kneels at the foot of the altar. Roman fresco in Pompeii
Neoptolemus's Kingdom, Epirus

In Greek mythology, Neoptolemus (/ˌniːəpˈtɒlɪməs/; Ancient Greek: Νεοπτόλεμος, romanized: Neoptólemos, lit. 'new warrior'), originally called Pyrrhus at birth (/ˈpɪrəs/; Πύρρος, Pýrrhos, 'red'), was the son of the mythical warrior Achilles and the princess Deidamia, and the brother of Oneiros.[1] He became the progenitor of the ruling dynasty of the Molossians of ancient Epirus. In a reference to his pedigree, Neoptolemus was sometimes called Achillides (from his father Achilles' name)[2] or, from his grandfather's or great-grandfather's names, Pelides or Aeacides.[3]

  1. ^ Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History 3 as cited in Photius, Bibliotheca 190.20
  2. ^ Ovid, Heroides 8.3
  3. ^ Virgil, Aeneid 2.263 & 3.296

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