74- Posthomerica Part IV: Everyone Loves Achilles Jr.
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Eurypylus has been killing like there's no tomorrow- and it's up to a boy from Scyros to sort it out. Let's introduce Neoptolemus son of Achilles onto the world stage and watch him wreak havoc while the gods dance in between the lines.
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- Quintus Smyrnaeus (1934), The Fall of Troy. Translated by A. S. Way. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London: Harvard University Press and William Heinemann Ltd.
- Smith; W. (ed.) (1867), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. In Three Volumes (Vol. 1-3.). Boston: Little, Brown, And Company.
- Author unknown, Google Maps (online) (Accessed 23/06/2025).
- Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Peleus (online) (Accessed 23/06/2025).
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