Achilles' son, used by Virgil to invert Achilles' reconciliation with Priam into murder.
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Pyrrhus / Neoptolemus
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Okay, so Pyrrhus is a son of Achilles, okay? So this is a rewriting of the ending of the Iliad, where Priam and Achilles..."
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"Okay, so Pyrrhus is a son of Achilles, okay? So this is a rewriting of the ending of the Iliad, where Priam and Achilles..."
"At that, Priam, trapped in the grip of death, not holding back, not checking his words, his rage. You, he cries, you and your..."
"...my father, Peleus' son, tell him about my vicious work, how Neoptolemus degrades his father's name, don't you forget, now die, that said, he..."
"Neoptolemus, who degrades his father's name, don't you forget, now die. That said, he dragged the old man straight to the altar, quaking, slithering..."
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