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Neoptolemus (nē'ŏptŏl`ĭməs), in Greek legend, son of Achilles. In the Trojan War he proved himself brave but cruel. He killed Priam at the altar of Zeus and threw Astyanax, son of Hector, from the wall of Troy. After the war he took Andromache as a slave to his kingdom in Epirus. Later he abandoned her for Hermione. He was killed at Delphi for an outrage he committed against the shrine. In Euripides' Andromache, Orestes murders him to win the love of Hermione. He was sometimes called Pyrrhus.

Neoptolemus

(also called Pyrrhus), in ancient Greek mythology, the son of Achilles and the princess Deidameia; one of the main figures in the Trojan War. Neoptolemus was among the warriors who were carried into Troy inside the wooden horse. He went into a rage during the capture of Troy and in front of Hecuba ruthlessly murdered the aged king Priam, who was seeking sanctuary at the altar of Zeus.

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No references found	For this reason the Iliad and the Odyssey each furnish the subject of one tragedy, or, at most, of two; while the Cypria supplies materials for many, and the Little Iliad for eight--the Award of the Arms, the Philoctetes, the Neoptolemus, the Eurypylus, the Mendicant Odysseus, the Laconian Women, the Fall of Ilium, the Departure of the Fleet. The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context His work included the adjudgment of the arms of Achilles to Odysseus, the madness of Aias, the bringing of Philoctetes from Lemnos and his cure, the coming to the war of Neoptolemus who slays Eurypylus, son of Telephus, the making of the wooden horse, the spying of Odysseus and his theft, along with Diomedes, of the Palladium: the analysis concludes with the admission of the wooden horse into Troy by the Trojans. Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context Grief greater than this I could not know, not even though I were to hear of the death of my father, who is now in Phthia weeping for the loss of me his son, who am here fighting the Trojans in a strange land for the accursed sake of Helen, nor yet though I should hear that my son is no more--he who is being brought up in Scyros--if indeed Neoptolemus is still living. The Iliad by Homer View in context	neonatal impetigo neonatal line neonatal mortality rate neonatal myasthenia neonate neonatology Neontology Neopaganism neopallium neopalynology neopentane neophane glass neophilia neophyte Neopilina NeoPlanet neoplasia neoplasm neoplastoid Neoplatonism Neopositivism neoprene Neopseustidae Neoptera Neopterygii Neoptolemus Neorealism Neorhabdocoela Neorickettsioses Neornithes Neoscholasticism Neosho Neosho County Neosho River neosilicate neosome neossoptile neostigmine neostratotype neotectonic map Neotectonic Movements Neotectonics neotenin Neoteny Neotropical Region Neotropical zoogeographic region Neottia neotype neounitarian theory of hematopoiesis neovolcanic nep	Neopolitan Ice Cream Neopolitan mastiff Neopositivism Neopositivism neoprene neoprene neoprene neoprene Neoprene For Woodland Creatures Neoprene rubber Neoprene rubber Neoprene rubber Neoprint Neoprobe Corporation NeoProfen NeoProfen NeoProfen NEOPS Neopseustidae Neopseustoidea Neopsychoanalytic school Neoptera neopterin Neopterygii Neoptolemic Neoptolemic Neoptolemos Neoptolemos Neoptólemos Neoptólemos Neoptolemus neopulmo neopulmon Neopythagoreanism Neopythagoreanism Neoquess Neoquess Neoquess NeoQuest Neoral Neoral Neorama Neorealism Neorealism neorealismo neorealismo Neorealist Neorealist Neorhabdocoela Neorickettsia Neorickettsia helminthoeca Neorickettsia risticii Neorickettsioses Neornithes neoromanticism NEORSD Neos NEOSA Neosalvarsan Neosalvarsan Neosalvarsan

For this reason the Iliad and the Odyssey each furnish the subject of one tragedy, or, at most, of two; while the Cypria supplies materials for many, and the Little Iliad for eight--the Award of the Arms, the Philoctetes, the Neoptolemus, the Eurypylus, the Mendicant Odysseus, the Laconian Women, the Fall of Ilium, the Departure of the Fleet.

The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context

His work included the adjudgment of the arms of Achilles to Odysseus, the madness of Aias, the bringing of Philoctetes from Lemnos and his cure, the coming to the war of Neoptolemus who slays Eurypylus, son of Telephus, the making of the wooden horse, the spying of Odysseus and his theft, along with Diomedes, of the Palladium: the analysis concludes with the admission of the wooden horse into Troy by the Trojans.

Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context

Grief greater than this I could not know, not even though I were to hear of the death of my father, who is now in Phthia weeping for the loss of me his son, who am here fighting the Trojans in a strange land for the accursed sake of Helen, nor yet though I should hear that my son is no more--he who is being brought up in Scyros--if indeed Neoptolemus is still living.

The Iliad by Homer View in context

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