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Neoptolemus and Thetis
Agamemnon makes a sacrifice and sets sail anyway ; Neoptolemus, however, is visited by his grandmother, the sea-nymph Thetis, who tells him to wait and make further sacrifices to the gods.

Neoptolemus and advice
* Neoptolemus, following the advice of Helenus, who accompanied him when he traveled over land, was always accompanied by Andromache.
It is by his advice that they halt the battle, even though Neoptolemus is slaughtering the Trojans.

Neoptolemus and home
The island of Ithaki was also the legendary home of Odysseus, though he was exiled by Neoptolemus after the slaughter of Penelope's suitors in the Odyssey.
Neoptolemus arrives home, though Phoenix dies en route, and there he is recognised by his grandfather Peleus.
After gaining Philoctetes ' trust and offering him a ride home, Neoptolemus is allowed to look at the bow of Heracles.

Neoptolemus and by
Priam killed by Neoptolemus, detail of an Attic black-figure amphora, ca.
Priam is killed during the Sack of Troy by Achilles ' son Neoptolemus ( also known as Pyrrhus ).
He killed Machaon and Peneleos, but was slain by Neoptolemus.
They ( by usual tradition Neoptolemus ) also sacrificed the Trojan princess Polyxena on the grave of Achilles as demanded by his ghost, either as part of his spoil or because she had betrayed him.
They then conquered the land of the Molossians ( Epirus ) and Neoptolemus had a child by Andromache, Molossus, to whom he later gave the throne.
Phoenix was said to have died on his way back from Troy and to have been buried by Neoptolemus either in Eion, Macedonia, or in Trachis, Thessaly.
Her son was killed by Neoptolemus in the Trojan War.
" Polyxena dies by the hand of Neoptolemus on the tomb of Achilles " ( 1900 drawing after an ancient cameo )
Her son was killed by Neoptolemus.
He said that they would win if they stole the Trojan Palladium, brought the bones of Pelops to Troy, and persuaded Neoptolemus ( Achilles ' son by the Scyrian princess Deidamia ) and Philoctetes ( who possessed Heracles ' bow and arrows ) to join the Greeks in the war.
Neoptolemus was killed by Orestes, Agamemmon's son, in dispute over Hermione, the daughter of Menelaus and Helen, whom Orestes had been promised as wife, but whom Neoptolemus had taken.
Neoptolemus was originally called Pyrrhus, because the female version of that name, Pyrrha, had been taken by his father while disguised as a woman.
Neoptolemus was held by some to be cruel and savage.
Neoptolemus, son of Achilles and Deidamia, begat Amphialus by captive Andromache, daughter of Ēëtion.
Although Neoptolemus is often depicted thus, the play Philoctetes by Sophocles shows him being a much kinder man, who honours his promises and shows remorse when he is made to trick Philoctetes.
* Neoptolemus is one of the main characters in Philoctetes, a tragedy by Sophocles.
Their son, Neoptolemus, later joined his father in the Trojan War but was eventually killed by Orestes.
In his Andromache, Euripides dramatizes when she and her child were nearly assassinated by Hermione, the wife of Neoptolemus and daughter of Helen and Menelaus.
In the version given by the Little Iliad and repeated by Pausanias ( x 25. 4 ), he was killed by Neoptolemus ( also called Pyrrhus ), who threw the infant from the walls.

Neoptolemus and land
The bones of Neoptolemus were scattered through the land of Ambracia, which is in the district of Epirus.

Neoptolemus and ;
** Neoptolemus with Armenia ;
In another legend, Philoctetes was left on Lemnos by the Greeks on their way to Troy ; and there he suffered ten years ' agony from his wounded foot, until Odysseus and Neoptolemus induced him to accompany them to Troy.
Ptolemy received Egypt ; Laomedon received Syria and Phoenicia ; Philotas took Cilicia ; Peithon took Media ; Antigonus received Phrygia, Lycia and Pamphylia ; Asander received Caria ; Menander received Lydia ; Lysimachus received Thrace ; Leonnatus received Hellespontine Phrygia ; and Neoptolemus had Armenia.
Ptolemy received Egypt ; Laomedon received Syria and Phoenicia ; Philotas took Cilicia ; Peithon took Media ; Antigonus received Phrygia, Lycia and Pamphylia ; Asander received Caria ; Menander received Lydia ; Lysimachus received Thrace ; Leonnatus received Hellespontine Phrygia ; and Neoptolemus had Armenia.
Neoptolemus kills king Priam, even though he has taken refuge at the altar of Zeus ; Menelaus kills Deiphobus and takes back his wife Helen ; Ajax the Lesser rapes Cassandra and drags her from the altar of Athena.

Neoptolemus and Odysseus
The Greeks retrieved Pelop's bones, and sent Odysseus to retrieve Neoptolemus, who was hiding from the war in King Lycomedes's court in Scyros.
Neoptolemus got Andromache, wife of Hector, and Odysseus was given Hecuba, Priam's wife.
Odysseus was sent to retrieve Neoptolemus, then a mere teenager, from Scyros.
( As Sophocles writes it in his play named Philoctetes, Odysseus is accompanied by Neoptolemus, Achilles ' son, also known as Pyrrhus.
The novel is inspired by Sophocles ' play Philoctetes, with the roles of Odysseus, Neoptolemus and Philoctetes played by Boardman, Rawlins, and Muller, respectively.
While a ship of Mycenaeans sail to Pisa to bring back the bones of Pelops, Odysseus brings Achilles ' son Neoptolemus to Troy, gives him Achilles ' armor, and Achilles ' ghost appears to him.
Odysseus kills Hector's baby son Astyanax and Neoptolemus takes Hector's wife Andromache captive.
It describes the attempt by Neoptolemus and Odysseus to bring the disabled Philoctetes with them to Troy.
Odysseus sails back to Lemnos with Neoptolemus ( son of Achilles ) in order to get Philoctetes.
Odysseus explains to Neoptolemus that he must perform a shameful action in order to garner future glory-to take Philoctetes by tricking him with a false story while Odysseus hides.
In order to gain Philoctetes's trust, Neoptolemus tricks Philoctetes into thinking he hates Odysseus as well.
Neoptolemus does this by telling Philoctetes that Odysseus has his father's ( Achilles ) armor.

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