pyrrhus in English

noun
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( circa 318–272 bc ) , king of Epirus circa 307–272. After invading Italy in 280, he defeated the Romans at Asculum in 279, but sustained heavy losses; the term pyrrhic victory alludes to this.

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1. Pyrrhus offers to negotiate with the Romans.

2. Carthage and Rome cooperated against King Pyrrhus and signed a treaty of cooperation in 279 BC.

3. Plutarch wrote that Pyrrhus lost his best troops and his most trusted generals and friends.

4. Some say that Diomedes went with him and others Neoptolemus, also called Pyrrhus, the young son of Achilles.

5. A good example of Amphibology is the answer of the oracle to Pyrrhus: “Aio te Romanos vincere posse.” 6.

6. Gaius Fabricius Luscinus is sent on a mission to Pyrrhus to negotiate the release of Roman prisoners of war.

7. As the two armies faced each other, Pyrrhus called out to the various officers by name and persuaded the whole body of infantry to desert.

8. Andromache has spurned Pyrrhus, and her decision is symbolized by her embrace of her son, in whom she sees both the physical characteristics and inner virtues of Hector

9. The Greeks are worried about the news that Pyrrhus has fallen in love with his prisoner Andromache, Hector's wife, and for her sake is protecting her son Astyanax

10. A good example of Amphibology is the answer of the oracle to Pyrrhus: “Aio te Romanos vincere posse.” Here te and Romanos may either of them be the

11. 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, page 25: Had Pyrrhus not fallen by a Beldam's hand in Argos or Julius Caesar not been knifed to death? They are not to be thought away

12. 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar […], OCLC 928184292, book IV: King Pyrrhus was at dinner at an ale-house Bordering on the theatre, when he

13. < Earlier Kibitzing · PAGE 5 OF 5 · Later Kibitzing>: Aug-11-08 : biglo: For an answer read the very first post on page 1: Feb-20-09 : Pyrrhus: Actually, Benoni means son of sorrow in Hebrew.It refers to the weak d6 pawn

14. HELLENIZED ROMANS AND Barbarized GREEKS 45 speech which is in many ways a manifesto of Roman values.54 Although he represents in many ways the figure of the corrupt villain, nevertheless, just like other supposedly anti- heroic figures such as Catiline or Hannibal, Pyrrhus is capable of occasionally exhibiting praiseworthy qualities, including