What is Neoptolemus?
[[Image:Amphora death Priam Louvre F222.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Neoptolemus killing Priam - detail of an Attic black-figure [[amphora]] at the [[Louvre]], found in Vulci.]] '''Neoptolemos''' (or [[Latin language|Latin]] '''Neoptolemus''') is a person in [[Greek mythology]]. He is an important person in the Trojan War. Neoptolemus was the son of [[Achilles]] and [[Deidamea]]. He was needed to win the [[Trojan War]]. He killed King [[Priam]] and [[Astyanax]], sacrificed [[Polyxena]] to his dead father Achilles, and took [[Helenus]] and [[Andromache]] with him as [[slave]]s. He was later killed by [[Orestes]] because he was going to marry Hermione, who Orestes wanted for himself. {{commonscat|Neoptolemus}} {{Europe-stub}} [[Category:People in Greek mythology]]