Neoptolemus (Pyrrhus) Greek Son of Achilles and Deidamia.
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Neoptolemus (Pyrrhus) Greek Son of Achilles and Deidamia. Neoptolemus played no great part in Homer's epics, except as one of the heroic Greek warriors who brought about the fall of Troy. He was hidden with the others inside the cunning wooden horse (see The Wooden Horse of Troy, under Trojan War). However, as the son of the great hero, Achilles, Neoptolemus is mentioned in many myths. Some say that it was he who killed Priam, the vanquished king of Troy; others say that he won the Trojan princess, Andromache, as one of the prizes of victory. One tradition has it that he was killed at Delphi by Orestes. For many years there was a hero-cult dedicated to Neoptolemus at Delphi.
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