person
Pyrrhus
Son of Achilles (also called Neoptolemus), who killed the aged Priam at the altar; he claims Polyxena for his father's shade in the debate with Agamemnon and performs the sacrifice.
Reading notes
- Agamemnon §533 Pyrrhus
Son of Achilles (Neoptolemus), who slew Priam at the altar; he 'envies his father' a battlefield death.
- On Providence §3.6 Pyrrhus
Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, who invaded Italy (280–275 BC); Fabricius's adversary, against whom and against riches alike, Seneca says, Fabricius waged war.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §20.120.6 Pyrrhus
King of Epirus (319–272 BC) who warred on Rome and tried in vain to bribe the envoy Fabricius; famed for his ruinously costly victories.
- The Trojan Women §41 Aeacid's weapons
Pyrrhus (Neoptolemus), son of Achilles and grandson of Aeacus, who killed the aged Priam at the altar.