The Aeneid · Character
Pyrrhus
Son of Achilles who kills Priam.
minor
Also known as inhuman Pyrrhus
First appearance: book ii
Pyrrhus's tie to Priam is one of the pressures that moves The Aeneid—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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With Priam (rivalry): Priam is the aged Trojan king brutally murdered by Pyrrhus (Neoptolemus) during the sack of Troy, a scene of horrific…
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- Rivalry
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- Figures from Trojan War past
- Major divine and mortal antagonists
- Boxers and a prophet
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See Pyrrhus in book ii