Bred at his court, Achilles had an intrigue with Deidamia, daughter of Lycomedes, and a son Pyrrhuswas born to him, who was afterwards called Neoptolemus.
Apollodorus, Library - 3.13.8
Achilles married Deidameia, daughter of Lykomedes, and there was born to them Neoptolemos, who was named this because of Achilles' youth when he rushed forward into war.
Philostratus, Heroica - 732
Earlier, however, when he was living with the young women, he had seduced Deidameia, Lycomedes’ daughter. She bore him Pyrrhos, who later was named Neoptolemos.
D Scholia to the Iliad - 19.326
"He says 'female' about the body": for it is reported to the younger ones that Achilles, hearing that Hector was brave and fearing him, pretended to be a girl and went to live in Skyros with the children of Lycomedes, where he also slept with Deidameia.
Tzetzes, Ad Lycophronem - 277
After the passage of time, Artemis transferred Iphigenia to what is called the White Island [Leuke] to be with Achilles and changed her into an ageless immortal deity, calling her Orsilochia instead of Iphigenia. She became the companion of Achilles.
Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses - 27
He calls Iphigenia the "first-born mother" because, according to some, Pyrrhus was born from her and Achilles.
Tzetzes, Ad Lycophronem - 183
Otherwise, this is the meaning: Achilles, her lover, seeking her, will live for a long time on the so-called White Island, also known as Spilos — this island is near the mouths of the rivers of the Celtic lake — longing for his bride, whom once a deer saved from the swords.
Tzetzes, Ad Lycophronem - 186
The Achilles' racecourse was named for such a reason: When Iphigenia was about to be sacrificed in Aulis to Artemis, Artemis snatched her away and sent her to Scythia. Then Achilles fell in love with her and pursued her to a certain place. And from there it was called Achilles' racecourse.
Tzetzes, Ad Lycophronem - 192
Any decent man, a man with sense, loves his own, cares for his own as deeply as I, I loved that woman with all my heart, though I won her like a trophy with my spear... But now that he's torn my honor from my hands, robbed me, lied to me don't let him try me now. I know him too well-he'll never win me over!
but Achilles slept in the innermost part of the well-builded hut, and by his side lay fair-cheeked Briseis.
Those who do not know say that Achilles, after killing Penthesilea, fell in love with her after her death, whose eyes Thersites secretly gouged out.
Tzetzes, Ad Lycophronem - 999
Then he would have felt desire for a lifeless corpse, as Achilles did — seeing a new Penthesileia on the ground, he would have kissed the cold lips of the girl, prostrate in the dust, had he not feared the weight of the threat of Deriades.
Nonnus, Dionysiaca - 35.20
5. Polyxena
When Achilles by chance turned his gaze on Polyxena, he was struck by the beauty of the girl. The longer he remained there, the deeper his passion grew.
Dictys Cretensis, Trojan War Chronicle - 3.2
Accordingly, Achilles promised that he would bring the whole war to an end if Polyxena were given to him.
Dictys Cretensis, Trojan War Chronicle - 3.3
When Polyxene came out with Hecuba to the sanctuary, Achilles admired her when he saw her.
Malalas, Chronography Bks 1-7, 10-18 - 5.130
The sacrifice of Polyxena on his tomb and Achilles' passion for her, which you hear from the poets, happened like this: Achilles loved Polyxena and was negotiating this marriage for himself with the understanding that he would make the Achaeans withdraw from Ilion. Polyxena also loved Achilles; they had seen one another during the ransom negotiations for Hektor.
Philostratus, Heroica - 737
Otherwise: this is told in two ways. For some say that Achilles, having mingled with Helen in a dream, desired to see her, having erotic feelings from the dream, and asked her to come to the wall, so that he could see her; so the Trojans, being persuaded, brought her to the wall, and he, seeing her, felt even more love for her. Others say that, seeing her for the first time on the wall, he was seized with love and asked his mother to help him to have intercourse with her.
Tzetzes, Ad Lycophronem - 174
Helen was wedded to Achilles, and had bidden him sail to Stesichorus at Himera
Pausanias, Description of Greece - 3.19.13
It is said that after death Achilles consorts with Medea in the Isles of the Blest.
Apollodorus, Library (epitome) - e5.5
Otherwise, the story about "Achilles' wife" is as follows: they say that Achilles, after death, married Medea, the daughter of Aietes.
Tzetzes, Ad Lycophronem - 798
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