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Greek Mythology > People, Places, & Things > Neoptolemus
The son of Akhilleus (Achilles) and Deidamia.
After the death of his father at Troy, Neoptolemus was summoned to Troy for the actual sack of the city where he killed the Trojan king, Priam, and the princess, Polyxena; as his portion of the booty from Troy he was allowed to have Andromakhe (Andromache), the widow of the fallen hero, Hektor (Hector).
The name Pyrrhus (red-haired) comes from Neoptolemus’ later life where he is credited as the progenitor of the kings of the district of Epirus in north-western Greece.
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