person
Pyrrhus
also: Neoptolemus
Son of Achilles, also called Neoptolemus; Briseis prays he may one day go to war under his father's auspices.
Reading notes
- The Heroides §3 Pyrrhus
Son of Achilles (Neoptolemus); Briseis wishes him a soldier's future under his father's auspices.
- The Heroides §8 Pyrrhus, son of Achilles
Pyrrhus (Neoptolemus), Achilles' son, who holds Hermione against her will; her unwanted captor.
- The Heroides §8 Neoptolemus
Another name for Pyrrhus, Hermione's hated captor; she slips and calls him Orestes.
- The Festivals §6.3 Pyrrhus
King of Epirus who invaded Italy (280 BC); Appius's speech kept Rome from making peace with him.
- Ibis §9 Pyrrhus
Pyrrhus of Epirus, descendant of Achilles (named for Neoptolemus-Pyrrhus), killed at Argos by a roof-tile thrown by a woman; his bones lay at Ambracia.
- Metamorphoses §13.391 Pyrrhus
Achilles's son, also called Neoptolemus; the nearest heir to his father's arms.
- Metamorphoses §13.408 Neoptolemus
Achilles's son Pyrrhus, also called Neoptolemus, who sacrificed Polyxena.