Neoptolemus
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In Greek mythology, Neoptolemus, originally called Pyrrhus at birth, was the son of the mythical warrior Achilles and the princess Deidamia, and the brother of Oneiros. He became the progenitor of the
Neoptolemus killing Priam on a black-figure amphora, Louvre.
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
Andromache and Pyrrhus, by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, 1810
Hermione (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Hermione was the daughter of Menelaus, king of Sparta, and his wife, Helen of Troy. Prior to the Trojan War, Hermione had been betrothed by Tyndareus, her grandfather, to her cousi
Neoptolemus
…and departed for Italy to live in exile. There are two differing accounts of Neoptolemus's death: he was either killed after he attempted to take Hermione from Orestes, or after he denounced Apollo, who played a role in the killing of his father. In the first case, he was killed by Orestes; in the second…
"The Meeting of Orestes and Hermione" by Girodet, 1795.