Neoptolemus

Neoptolemus, also called Pyrrhus, in Greek mythology, the son of the warrior Achilles and Deidamia of Scyros. Neoptolemus was reared at Scyros and, after the death of Achilles, was taken to Troy by the hero Odysseus in the final year of the Trojan War, because it was prophesied that the Greeks could not take Troy without the help of Neoptolemus. He was among the warriors who entered Troy in the Trojan Horse, and when the city was captured, he killed Priam, king of Troy. Neoptolemus never returned to Scyros, but settled instead in Epirus. He was later considered the ancestor of the Molossian kings of that region. He married Hermione, daughter of Menelaus and Helen of Troy, king and queen of Sparta. Slain at Delphi, Neoptolemus was buried within the precincts of the temple there, and festivals were held in his honour every eight years.