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Pergamus

The son of Neoptolemus and Andromakhe (Andromache); the grandson of Akhilleus (Achilles).

After the fall of the city of Troy, Andromakhe, the wife of the dead hero, Hektor (Hector), was taken as a prize by Akhilleus’ son, Neoptolemus; Andromakhe and Neoptolemus had a son named Pergamus; after residing in western Greece in Epirus, Pergamus moved to the western coast of Asia Minor and, proceeding up the Kaikos (Caicus) river, sacked the city of Teuthrania; he renamed it after himself and the city became Pergamum which is now known as Bergama, in western Turkey.

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