Neoptolemus

Family: Epirus · Role: king · First appears: Pyrrhus

Life events

• The Molossians rebelled, expelled Pyrrhus's supporters, and deprived him of the kingdom.(Pyrrhus · 📍 Epirus)
  • With: Pyrrhus
  • “Being now about seventeen years old, and the government in appearance well settled, he took a journey out of the kingdom to attend the marriage of one of Glaucias's sons, with whom he was brought up; upon which opportunity the Molossians again rebelling, turned out all of his party, plundered his property, and gave themselves up to Neoptolemus.”
• Pyrrhus killed Neoptolemus after learning of his poisoning plot.(Pyrrhus)
  • With: Pyrrhus Antigone Phaenarete
  • “On understanding which Pyrrhus for the present said little, but on a sacrifice day, making an invitation for Neoptolemus, killed him;”
• Eumenes defeated Neoptolemus, captured his baggage, and compelled the phalanx to swear allegiance.(Eumenes)
  • With: Eumenes
  • “his foot being beaten, he routed Neoptolemus with his horse, and took all his baggage; and coming up with his whole force upon the phalanx while broken and disordered in its flight, obliged the men to lay down their arms, and take an oath to serve under him.”

Pyrrhus

• child: Achilles “Neoptolemus, Achilles's son, planting a colony, possessed these parts himself”
• enemies with Pyrrhus “destroy Pyrrhus by poison”
• child: Pyrrhus “Neoptolemus, Achilles's son”
• friends with Gelo “Gelo, one of the friends of Neoptolemus”

Lucullus

• enemies with Lucullus “Neoptolemus made up furiously at him”

Eumenes

• enemies with Eumenes “Neoptolemus designed treachery against Eumenes”

Alexander

• with Alexander (interaction) “and from Aeacus by Neoptolemus on the mother's side”

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Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.