Neoptolemus
Americannoun
noun
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As embellished by Edel, Wilson the critic is like Neoptolemus, son of Achilles, who endured the stench and nursed the archer.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Some say that Diomedes went with him and others Neoptolemus, also called Pyrrhus, the young son of Achilles.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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They were all terror-stricken except Achilles’ son Neoptolemus, and indeed what they faced was no slight danger.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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The prince whom Pyrrhus displaced from the throne of Epirus on his return from Egypt, as narrated in the last chapter, was, of course, of the family of Neoptolemus.
From Pyrrhus Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
Cicero begins the second book of the Tusculans by telling us 294 that Neoptolemus liked to do a little philosophy now and then, but never too much at a time.
From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony
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