Neoptolemus

[ nee-op-tol-uh-muhs ]

nounClassical Mythology.
  1. the son of Achilles, who slew Priam at the fall of Troy.

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How to use Neoptolemus in a sentence

  • So two soldiers, Odysseus and Neoptolemus, set off to persuade Philoctetes to return with them to Troy.

  • For greater sorrow could not have come to me, not though Peleus himself were dead, or my young son Neoptolemus.

    Stories of the Old world | Alfred John Church
  • Then said Ulysses to Neoptolemus, “Go and spy out the place, and see whether or no the man be there.”

    Stories of the Old world | Alfred John Church
  • Shall I make mention of the realm of Neoptolemus, and Idomeneus' household gods overthrown?

  • Again Neoptolemus' heart smites him at the villainy he is about to commit; he reveals that his real objective is Troy.

    Authors of Greece | T. W. Lumb
  • A profound pity overcomes Neoptolemus, who is in the act of returning the weapon when Odysseus appears.

    Authors of Greece | T. W. Lumb

British Dictionary definitions for Neoptolemus

Neoptolemus

/ (ˌniːɒpˈtɒləməs) /


noun
  1. Greek myth a son of Achilles and slayer of King Priam of Troy: Also called: Pyrrhus

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