(Μολοσσός), a son of Pyrrhus, or Neoptolemus, and Andromache, from whom the country of Molossia was believed to have derived its name. (Paus. 1.11.1; Schol. ad Pind. Nem. 7.56; Serv. ad Aen. 3.297.)
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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890