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👤 Neoptolemos

  • <span class="a type-11352" data-type_id="11352" data-object_id="11321484" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-11352_11321484">🎨 Cult Statue of Nemesis in Rhamnous (LIMC Agamemnon 4)</span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-11352" data-type_id="11352" data-object_id="11321590" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-11352_11321590">🎨 Wall Painting of the Fall of Troy in the Lesche of the Cnidians by Polygnotos, Delphi (LIMC Ilioupersis 25)</span>
  • Information
    son of Achilles
    Alternative name
    👤 Pyrrhos (alt. Neoptolemos)
    Son of
    👤 Achilles 👤 Deidameia (of Scyros) 👤 Iphigeneia
    Father of
    👤 Molossos (Epirote) 👤 Pergamos 👤 Pielos 👤 Pyrrhos (s. of Neoptolemos)
    Husband of
    👤 Hermione (Spartan)
    Has children with
    👤 Andromache
    Conceived at
    🌍 Scyros (island)
    Born at
    🌍 Scyros (island)
    Named by
    👤 Phoinix (Dolopian)
    Leader of
    👥 the Contingent of Myrmidons at Troy (attackers)
    Belongs to
    👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy 👥 the Contingent of Myrmidons at Troy (attackers)
    Eponym of
    🏛️ the Tower of Neoptolemos (Pontos)
    Ruler of
    🌍 Molossia (N. Greece) 🌍 Phthia (Thessaly) 🌍 Epeiros (N. Greece) 🌍 Epirot Islands
    Kills
    👤 Astyanax (Trojan) 👤 Eurypylos (Mysian) 👤 Polyxene 👤 Priam 👤 Agenor (Trojan) 👤 Astynoos (Trojan II) 👤 Elasos (Trojan II) 👤 Eioneus (Trojan) 👤 Coroibos (Trojan)
    Dies at
    🌍 Delphi (Phocis) 🏛️ the Altar of Apollo at Delphi 🏛️ the Temple of Apollo at Delphi
    Killed by
    👤 Apollo 👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) 👤 Machaireus 👤 Pylades
    Buried at
    🏛️ the Tomb of Neoptolemos (Delphi)
    Body parts
    🏺 the Bones of Neoptolemos
    Weaponry
    🏺 the Sword of Hephaistos
    Related Entities
    👤 Acamas (Athenian) 👤 Achilles 👤 Agamemnon 👤 Aiacos 👤 Aias (the greater) 👤 Aias (the lesser) 👤 Aineias 👤 Andromache 👤 Antenor (Trojan) 👤 Antiochos (Heraclid) 👤 Apollo 👤 Astyanax (Trojan) 👤 Calchas 👤 Calliope (Muse) 👤 Castor (Spartan) 👤 Deidameia (of Scyros) 👤 Demophon (Athenian) 👤 Epeios (horse-builder) 👤 Eurypylos (Mysian) 👤 Zeus 👤 Hecabe 👤 Helenos (Trojan) 👤 Hermione (Spartan) 👤 Iphigeneia 👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) 👤 Peleus 👤 Helen 👤 Phocos (Aiginetan) 👤 Phoinix (Dolopian) 👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) 👤 Polypoites (Thessalian) 👤 Polyxene 👤 Priam 👤 Leda 👤 Lycomedes (of Scyros) 👤 Machaireus 👤 Menelaos 👤 Molossos (Epirote) 👤 Nemesis 👤 Neoptolemos 👥 the Nereids 👤 Nestor 👤 Odysseus 👤 Pylades 👤 Pyrrhos (alt. Neoptolemos) 👤 Sinon 👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy 👤 Telamon (Salamian) 👤 Thetis 👤 Thoas (Aitolian) 🏺 the Trojan Horse 👤 Tyndareos 🏺 the Palladion (statue) 👥 the Contingent of Myrmidons at Troy (attackers) 🏺 the Bow of Heracles 🌍 Sparta (Laconia) 🌍 Aitolia 🌍 Troy (Troad) 🌍 Ithaca (island) 🌍 Tenedos (island) 🌍 the Plain of Troy 🌍 the Citadel of Troy 🏛️ the Walls of Troy 👤 Acamas (Thracian) 🏺 the Second Armour of Achilles 🌍 Cephallenia (island) 🏛️ the Tomb of Achilles and Patroclos (Troy) 🏺 the Bones of Pelops🌍 Scyros (island) 🌍 Delphi (Phocis) 🏛️ the Altar of Zeus Hercios at Troy 🌍 Molossia (N. Greece) 🌍 Phthia (Thessaly) 🌍 Thessaly 🌍 Epeiros (N. Greece) 🌍 Epirot Islands 🌍 Bouthroten (Molossia) 👤 Agenor (Trojan) 🌍 Cardamyle (Messenia) 👤 Amadocos 👤 Astynoos (Trojan II) 🏺 the Sword of Hephaistos 👤 Elasos (Trojan II) 👤 Eioneus (Trojan) 👤 Cestrinos 👤 Coroibos (Trojan) 👤 Laodocos (Hyperborean) 👤 Pergamos 👤 Pielos 👤 Hyperochos 👤 Phylacos (Boiotian) 🏛️ the Tomb of Neoptolemos (Delphi) 🏛️ the Altar of Apollo at Delphi 👤 Hippeus (Spartan) 🌍 River Scyras (Laconia) 🌍 Pyrrhichos (Laconia) 🌍 Cichyros (Thresprotia) 🌍 Leuctra (Laconia) 🏛️ the Temple of Apollo near Corinth 🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi🌍 Macedonia (N. Greece) 🏛️ the Temple of Apollo at Delphi 🏛️ the Palace of Priam (Troy) 🌍 Maroneia (Thrace) 🌍 Mount Tmaros (Epeiros) 🏺 the Spoils from Troy 🏺 the Bones of Neoptolemos🏛️ the Tower of Neoptolemos (Pontos) 👤 Pyrrhos (s. of Neoptolemos) 👤 Antimachos (Greek at Troy?)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 5.11📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 5.12📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 5.21📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 5.24📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.12📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.13📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.14📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 7.40📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.13.8📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 44-68📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 168-201📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 307-329📖 Pausanias 1.4.4📖 Pausanias 4.17.4📖 Pausanias 3.20.8📖 Pausanias 3.26.7📖 Pausanias 1.13.9📖 Pausanias 1.33.8📖 Pausanias 2.5.5📖 Pausanias 10.16.4📖 Pausanias 10.23.2📖 Pausanias 10.24.4📖 Pausanias 10.26.4📖 Homer, Odyssey 3.184-3.200📖 Homer, Odyssey 4.1-4.19📖 Homer, Odyssey 11.467-11.567📖 Euripides, Trojan Women 271-273📖 Euripides, Trojan Women 568-576📖 Euripides, Trojan Women 1123-1128📖 Homer, Iliad 19.315-19.336📖 Pausanias 1.11.1-1.11.2📖 Pausanias 3.25.1-3.25.2📖 Pausanias 2.23.5-2.23.6📖 Pausanias 2.29.6-2.29.10📖 Pausanias 10.6.5-10.7.2📖 Pausanias 10.25.9-10.26.2📖 Pausanias 10.26.2-10.26.4📖 Pausanias 10.27.1-10.27.4📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 5.8-5.25📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 5.10-5.12📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.5-6.12📖 Unplaced Epic fr. 17 West📖 Cypria fr. 19 West📖 Little Iliad fr. 18 West📖 Little Iliad fr. 21 West📖 Little Iliad fr. 23 West📖 Little Iliad fr. 25 West📖 Little Iliad fr. 27 West📖 Little Iliad fr. 29-30 West📖 Little Iliad Argumentum 3 West📖 Sack of Troy Argumentum 2 West📖 Sack of Troy Argumentum 4 West📖 Sack of Troy Argumentum 2-4 West📖 Nostoi Argumentum 4 West📖 Bacchylides, Odes 9📖 Lucian, The Dance 9📖 Pindar, Olympian 8 25-52📖 Pindar, Nemean 4 44-72📖 Pindar, Nemean 7 17-49📖 Pindar fr. 52f Snell-Maehler📖 Ovid, Ibis 283-284📖 Ovid, Ibis 301-308📖 Strabo 7.3.16📖 Strabo 9.3.9📖 Strabo 7.7.8📖 Strabo 9.5.16📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 19.326
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, Library NostoiHomer, IliadLycophron, AlexandraHomer, Odyssey CypriaEuripides, Trojan Women Little IliadPausaniasPindarStrabo Unplaced Epic Sack of TroyBacchylides, OdesLucian, The DancePindar, Olympian 8Pindar, Nemean 4Pindar, Nemean 7D-Scholia, IliadOvid, Ibis
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Cypria fr. 19 West📖 Little Iliad fr. 18 West📖 Little Iliad fr. 21 West📖 Little Iliad fr. 23 West📖 Little Iliad fr. 25 West📖 Little Iliad fr. 27 West
    Depictions
    🎨 Attic Red-Figure Neck Amphora attributed to the Lykaon Painter (Met 06.1021.116; Beazley 213560; LIMC Antimachos IV 1)🎨 Attic Red-figure Calyx Krater attributed to the Niobid Painter (Ferrara 2895; Beazley 206949; LIMC Aineias 91)🎨 Lucanian Red-Figure Pelike attributed to the Vaste Painter (Logie 156.73; LIMC Aigisthos 15)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di M. Lucretius Fronto V 4, a, Pompeii (PALP r5-i4-pa-space-4)🎨 Bronze Gladiator's Helmet from Pompeii (MANN 5673)
    Reported depictions
    🎨 Cult Statue of Nemesis in Rhamnous (LIMC Agamemnon 4)🎨 Wall Painting of the Fall of Troy in the Lesche of the Cnidians by Polygnotos, Delphi (LIMC Ilioupersis 25)
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