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	Pyrrhus of Epirus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pyrrhus was driven out of Macedonia by Lysimachus, his former ally, in 284 BC.
		Pyrrhus was encouraged to aid the Tarentines by an oracle from Delphi.
		As a general, Pyrrhus' greatest political weaknesses were the failure to maintain focus and the failure to maintain a strong treasury at home (many of his soldiers were costly mercenaries).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pyrrhus_of_Epirus (1074 words)

	The Internet Classics Archive \| Pyrrhus by Plutarch
		Pyrrhus in the air of his face had something more of the terrors than of the augustness of kingly power; he had not a regular set of upper teeth, but in the place of them one continued bone, with small lines marked on it, resembling the divisions of a row of teeth.
		Pyrrhus, opening the letter, quickly discovered the fraud of Lysimachus; for it had not the accustomed style of salutation, "The father to the son, health," but "King Ptolemy to Pyrrhus, the king, health;" and reproaching Lysimachus, he notwithstanding made a peace, and they all met to confirm it by a solemn oath upon sacrifice.
		Pyrrhus, admiring the wisdom and gravity of the man, was the more transported with desire of making friendship instead of war with the city, and entreated him, personally, after the peace should be concluded, to accept of living with him as the chief of his ministers and generals.
	classics.mit.edu /Plutarch/pyrrhus.html (5572 words)

	Pyrrhus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Dethroned by an uprising in 302, Pyrrhus fought beside Demetrius in Asia and was sent to Alexandria as a hostage under the treaty between Ptolemy I Soter and Demetrius.
		Pyrrhus took Thessaly and the western half of Macedonia and relieved Athens from Demetrius' siege, but was driven back into Epirus by Lysimachus (who had supplanted Demetrius) in 284.
		At Argos Pyrrhus was trapped between the armies of the Macedonians and the Spartans and killed by a tile thrown from a rooftop in 272 BC, supposedly by an old woman seeing him fighting her son sword to sword in the street below.
	www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /pyrrhus.htm (477 words)

	Pyrrhus of Epirus (2)
		Pyrrhus (319/318-272): king of Epirus (306-302 and 297-272) and Macedonia (288-284 and 273-272), well-known for his war against the Romans.
		From now on, Pyrrhus was often called "the eagle", a surname that expresses the admiration felt by many people, who were reminded of that other young warrior, Alexander the Great.
		Pyrrhus wanted to avenge his relative Alexander, who had died in Italy, and wanted to equal Alexander the Great by building up an empire in the western Mediterranean, where wealthy Sicily was a tempting target.
	www.livius.org /ps-pz/pyrrhus/pyrrhus02.html (1547 words)

	Pyrrhus - The Fool of Hope
		Pyrrhus could not kill him because Pantauchus' friends rescued him when he fell, but the men of Epirus, exulting in the victory of their king, tore apart the Macedonian phalanx, killed many as they ran away, and took 5,000 prisoners.
		Pyrrhus realized that the force he had brought would not be enough to take the city, and that a friendly settlement would be as glorious as an outright conquest, so Pyrrhus sent Cineas as his ambassador to see if a treaty could be negotiated.
		Pyrrhus pretended to consent, but in the darkness he sneaked up to the walls and was let through the gate by traitors.
	www.e-classics.com /pyrrhus.htm (6972 words)

	Pyrrhus - Plutarch's Lives
		This fight did not so much exasperate the Macedonians with anger for their loss, or with hatred to Pyrrhus, as it caused esteem, and admiration of his valor, and great discourse of him among those that saw what he did, and were engaged against him in the action.
		Pyrrhus having thus offered, as it were, a sacrifice to the ghost of his son, and fought a glorious battle in honor of his obsequies, and having vented much of his pain in action against the enemy, marched away to Argos.
		Pyrrhus, entering in with noise and shouting near the Cylarabis, when the Gauls returned the cry, noticed that it did not express courage and assurance, but was the voice of men distressed, and that had their hands full.
	www.constitution.org /rom/plutarch/pyrrhus.htm (6391 words)

	PYRRHUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Pyrrhus was king of the Hellenistic kingdom of Epirus whose costly military successes against Macedonia and Rome gave rise to the phrase' Pyrrhic victory'.
		Pyrrhus crossed to Italy with 25,000 men and 20 elephants.
		Pyrrhus returned to Epirus, invaded Macedonia and made an unsuccessful attack on Sparta.
	www.hyperhistory.com /online_n2/people_n2/ppersons2_n2/pyrrhus.html (165 words)

	Pyrrhus, Molossian king of Epirus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He removed (295) Neoptolemus from the throne, but before his kingdom was consolidated he went to war with Demetrius (291–286); Pyrrhus obtained half of Macedonia and Thessaly but was driven back (c.286) by Lysimachus.
		He then went to S Italy with a large force to aid the Tarentines and defeated (280) the Romans at Heraclea.
		In the same year Pyrrhus’ peace proposals were rejected by the Romans.
	www.bartleby.com /65/py/Pyrrhus1.html (242 words)

	Sketches in the History of Western Philosophy
		He briefly held Macedonia (294-288), before being deposed by Pyrrhus and Lysimachus, and then was captured by Seleucus I in 285 -- the effective end of his Kingship.
		Antigonus is briefly ejected by Pyrrhus again (273-272), but then returns to establish his dynasty for the rest of the independent history of Macedonia.
		The Greeks derived aid from Pyrrhus of Epirus (281-278), but this was unavailing.
	www.friesian.com /hist-1.htm (12266 words)

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