Editing Neoptolemus (section)

==In art and literature==
*Neoptolemus is one of the main characters in ''[[Philoctetes (Sophocles)|Philoctetes]]'', a tragedy by [[Sophocles]].
*''[[Andromache (play)|Andromache]]'', a tragedy by [[Euripides]]. Neoptolemus does not appear on stage but his death at Delphi is described
*''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus' Library]]'', in Book 3 and in the Epitome 5.10–12, 5.21, 5.24
*''[[Aeneid|The Aeneid]]'' by [[Virgil]]
*''[[Troades (Seneca)|Trojan Women]]'' by [[Seneca the Younger|Seneca]]
*''The Posthomerica'', an epic poem by [[Quintus of Smyrna]]
*In ''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]'', he enslaved [[Helenus of Troy|Helenus]] and other Trojans in revenge for the death of his father
*In ''[[Confessio Amantis]]'' Book 4 line 2161ff he is the slayer of the Amazon [[Penthesilea]] 
*''The Tragedy of Dido'' by [[Christopher Marlowe]]
*Pyrrhus features in the player's speech in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Act 2, Scene 2) where his killing of Priam is described
*''The Second Part of the Iron Age'', the final play in the Ages series by [[Thomas Heywood]]
*Pyrrhus is a leading character in ''[[Andromaque]]'' (1667), a play by [[Jean Racine]]
*''Astianatte'' (1725), an opera by [[Leonardo Vinci]]
*''[[Andromaque (opera)|Andromaque]]'' (1780), an opera by [[Grétry]] based on Racine's play
*''[[Ermione]]'' (1819), an opera by [[Gioachino Rossini]] based on Racine's play
*''[[An Arrow's Flight]]'', a novel by Mark Merlis (1998)
*''[[The Song of Troy]],'' a novel written by Colleen McCullough (1998)
*''[[The Golden Prince]]'', a novel written by Ken Catran (1999)
*''[[The Song of Achilles]]'', a novel by Madeline Miller (2011)
*''[[The Silence of the Girls]]'', a novel written by Pat Barker (2018)
Mentioned briefly in Euripides's plays ''[[Trojan Women]]'' and ''[[Hecuba (play)|Hecuba]]'', simply stating that Andromache, wife of Hector, was his promised spear bride.