Arymbas

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Arymbas (or Arybas, Arybbas) was the king of Epirus, succeeding his brother Neoptolemos in the year 360 BC. Both Arymbas and Neoptolemos claimed to be descendants of another Neoptolemos, the son of Achilles. Arymbas was the the son of Alcetas II of Epirus, the father of Aeacides of Epirus by Troas, and the grandfather of Pyrrhus of Epirus.

Arymbas made a treaty of alliance with Philip of Macedon, which was cemented by a marriage between Philip and Neoptolemos' daughter, Olympias. Olympias later became known as the mother of Alexander the Great.