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[508] Neoptolemus ( Od.4. 5-9) had been brought up by his grandfather Lycomedes in Scyros (cp. Il.19. 326 foll.). Odysseus brought him from Scyros to Troy, in accordance with an oracle given by Helenus, who announced that, without the presence of Neoptolemus, Troy could never be taken; cp. Soph. Phil.114 foll.

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