Deidamia

In Greek mythology, Deidamia (or Deidamea) was the daughter of Lycomedes, king of Scyros. She is also known as Diomede the Lemnian. As written in Homer's Iliad, Diomede (Greek: Διομήδη Diomēdē) was a mistress of Achilles, taken up after the seizure of Briseis by King Agamemnon. Her father was Phorbas of Lemnos. She is mentioned in Iliad 9.665, and appears in Eustathius ad Hom. p. 596 and Dict. Cret. 2.19 under the name Διομήδεια (Diomedeia). Deidamia is one of King Lycomedes's seven daughters with whom Achilles was concealed. Some versions of this story state that Achilles was hidden in Lycomedes's court as one of the king's daughters, some say as a lady-in-waiting under the name "Pyrrha"). Despite the fact that Achilles and Deidamea could have been as young as eight years old, the two soon became romantically involved to the point of intimacy. After Odysseus arrived at Lycomedes's palace and exposed Achilles as a young man, Achilles decided to join the Trojan War, leaving behind a pregnant, heart-broken Deidamia. Their son, Neoptolemus, later joined his father in the Trojan War but was eventually killed by Orestes.

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