Pyrrhus
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Pyrrhus or Pyrrhos or Pyrros may refer to the following figures from Greek history and mythology:
- Pyrrhus or NeoptolemusNeoptolemusNeoptolemus was the son of the warrior Achilles and the princess Deidamia in Greek mythology. Achilles' mother foretold many years before Achilles' birth that there would be a great war. She saw that her only son was to die if he fought in the war...
, son of Achilles - Pyrrhus of EpirusPyrrhus of EpirusPyrrhus or Pyrrhos was a Greek general and statesman of the Hellenistic era. He was king of the Greek tribe of Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house , and later he became king of Epirus and Macedon . He was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome...
(318–272 BC), famous king, to whom the term Pyrrhic victoryPyrrhic victoryA Pyrrhic victory is a victory with such a devastating cost to the victor that it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately cause defeat.-Origin:...
alludes - Pyrrhus II of EpirusPyrrhus II of EpirusPyrrhus II was the son of Olympias II and Alexander II of Epirus. He was a brother of Ptolemy and Phthia of Macedon. He ruled as king of Epirus from 255 BC to 237 ВС...
, late 3rd century BC, brother of Ptolemy - Pyrrhus, son of PantaleonPantaleonPantaleon was a Greek king who reigned some time between 190–180 BCE in Bactria and India. He was a younger contemporary or successor of the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius, and is sometimes believed to have been his brother and/or subking...
, Elean king - PyrrhoPyrrhoPyrrho , a Greek philosopher of classical antiquity, is credited as being the first Skeptic philosopher and the inspiration for the school known as Pyrrhonism, founded by Aenesidemus in the 1st century BC.- Life :Pyrrho was from Elis, on the Ionian Sea...
(360–270 BC), philosopher - Pyrrhus of Thessalonica, fortificator of the city's walls (last epigraphical evidence of the name) (ca. 620–630 AD)
- Pyrrhus, architect who built the treasury of Epidamnians in Olympia, GreeceOlympia, GreeceOlympia , a sanctuary of ancient Greece in Elis, is known for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times, comparable in importance to the Pythian Games held in Delphi. Both games were held every Olympiad , the Olympic Games dating back possibly further than 776 BC...
, along with his sons Lacrates and Hermon - Pyrrhus of AthensPyrrhus of AthensPyrrhus was an Athenian sculptor of 5th century BC. He is mentioned in the list of Pliny as the maker of bronze statues of Hygieia and Athena. In the year 1840, a base was found in the Acropolis at Athens, bearing the following inscription-References:...
, 5th century BC sculptor mentioned by Pliny and an epigraphy in Acropolis - Pyrrhus of ErythraeErythraeErythrae or Erythrai later Litri, was one of the twelve Ionian cities of Asia Minor, situated 22 km north-east of the port of Cyssus , on a small peninsula stretching into the Bay of Erythrae, at an equal distance from the mountains Mimas and Corycus, and directly opposite the island of Chios...
or Lesbos, poet mentioned by TheocritusTheocritusTheocritus , the creator of ancient Greek bucolic poetry, flourished in the 3rd century BC.-Life:Little is known of Theocritus beyond what can be inferred from his writings. We must, however, handle these with some caution, since some of the poems commonly attributed to him have little claim to...
Other uses
- Pyrrhus of Therme (late 6th/early 5th c. BC) earliest epigraphical evidence
- Agathobulus FL Pyrrhus, a freedman whose name occurs in an inscription found at PesaroPesaroPesaro is a town and comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. According to the 2007 census, its population was 92,206....