Neoptolemus

Neoptolemus

In Greek mythology, Neoptolemus (; Ancient Greek: Νεοπτόλεμος, romanized: Neoptólemos, lit. 'new warrior'), originally called Pyrrhus at birth (; Πύρρος, Pýrrhos, 'red'), was the son of the mythical warrior Achilles and the princess Deidamia, and the brother of Oneiros. He became the progenitor of the ruling dynasty of the Molossians of ancient Epirus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neoptolemus has received more than 993,545 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Neoptolemus is the 1,444th most popular politician (down from 1,300th in 2019).

Neoptolemus is most famous for killing King Priam of Troy.