Deidamia is one of the daughters of King Lycomedes of Scyros. Before the Trojan War, the young Achilles was sent to hide among the daughters of Lycomedes, dressed as a girl. Odysseus managed to discover Achilles, however, by concealing a spear among some women's clothes and jewelry; when the disguised Achilles grabbed the spear rather than the clothes or jewelry, Odysseus recognized him and took him off to fight in the war. Before leaving the court of Lycomedes, Achilles managed to have a love affair with Deidamia and father a child with her, the future Neoptolemus.
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