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" There are several versions of the death of Neoptolemiis 

 at Delphi. (1) According to one story he came to plunder 

 the temple of Apollo (Pans. x. 7. 1), and was slain at the 

 instance of the Pythian priestess by the Delphians (Paus. 

 i. 13. 9) or by Apollo's priest himself (Paus. x. 24. 4). (2) 

 According to another version he came to offer to Apollo the 

 first-fruits of the spoil of Troy, " and there in a quarrel over 

 meats a man slew him with a knife " (Pindar, Nem. vii. 40 f ). 

 After his death he was buried in the precincts of Apollo's 

 temple, and yearly offerings were made to him as a hero by 

 the Delphians (Paus. x. 24. 6). 



* The fate of Astyanax, son of Hector and Andromache, 

 who was hurled headlong from the wall of Troy, is fore- 

 shadowed in Hom. //. xxiv. 735. 



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