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Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. A Beautiful cameo of the 16th century. Pyrrhus in the guise of Cupid detaining his father, Achilles, who has been called to the Trojan war. The other figures are Deidameia, the mother of Pyrrhus, and her sisters, the daughters of Lycomedes, King of the Dolophians. Pyrrhus was also called Neoptolemus. The cameo has been broken and partially restored. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case H.

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo (Unmounted). Pyrrhus AKA Neoptolemus in the guise of cupid detaining his father Achilles, who has been called to the Trojan war. A.P. 675. Also, Pyrrhus' mother and her 2 sisters. 16th in good style, cameo has been broken and partly restored, notably the upper part of figure at extreme right.