Greek Mythology Notes
An encyclopaedia of Greek mythology — gods, heroes, creatures, places, and the English words they gave us.
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Scyros
An Aegean island where Achilles was hidden disguised as a girl, and where Theseus died in exile.
Achilles fathered a son with Lycomedes's daughter Deidamia while hiding on Scyros — that son, Neoptolemus, would later be fetched to fight at Troy after Achilles died.