Nereids (play)

The Nereids or Daughters of Nereus (Ancient Greek: Νηρείδες) is a lost ancient Greek tragedy by Aeschylus, an ancient Athenian tragedian of the early half of the fifth century BC. The Nereids was the second play of the Achilleis, a theatrical trilogy which adapted the major events of the Iliad, the eighth-century BC epic peom; Achilles' anger, the death of Patroclus in battle, Achilles' grief and revenge against Hector, and finally the aged king Priam ransoming the body of his son from Achilles.

Very few fragments remain from trilogy overall, and almost nothing from the Nereids in particular. It is unknown what year the tetralogy premiered or what place it got in the annual competition, though it seems that the Achilleis was very popular in antiquity.