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	Pyrrhus of Epirus
		Pyrrhus (318 BC - 272 BC) (Greek Πυρρος, "the color of fire, reddish, red-blonde") was the king of Epirus from 306 - 301 BC and again from 297 - 272 BC.
		Pyrrhus was encouraged to aid the Tarentines by an oracle from Delphi.
		Pyrrhus was son of Aeacides, son of Arybbas, but Alexander was son of Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemus, and the father of Neoptolemus and Aryblas was Alcetas, son of Tharypus.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Bios/PyrrhusEpirus.html (2913 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 of Epirus
		Prince of one of the Alexandrian successor states, Pyrrhus was dethroned at the age of 17 when he left his Kingdom to attend a wedding.
		Pyrrhus was encouraged to aid the Tarentines by an oracle from Delphi.
		Pyrrhus agreed to the plan, intending to win control of the Peloponnese for himself, but unexpectedly strong resistance thwarted his assault on Sparta.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/p/py/pyrrhus_of_epirus.html (770 words)

	King Pyrrhus of Epirus - Picture - MSN Encarta
		Pyrrhus ruled Epirus, a district in ancient Greece, from 307 to 272 bc.
		The Romans eventually defeated Pyrrhus and took control of the entire Italian peninsula.
		This bust of Pyrrhus is part of the collection of the National Museum in Naples, Italy.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461562226_761552589_-1_1/King_Pyrrhus_of_Epirus.html (85 words)

	Epirus - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Pyrrhus (318?-272 bc), king of Epirus (307-272 bc), a district in ancient Greece.
		Acarnania, mountainous, wooded region in the northwestern section of ancient Greece, separated from Epirus on the north by the Ambracian Gulf, from...
		Epirus (Greek Ήπειρος Ēpeiros (Doric Greek : Ἅπειρος Apeiros), Albanian : Epir or Epiri) is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan peninsula in...
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/searchdetail.aspx?q=Epirus&pg=1&grp=med (134 words)

	Civiboard » Epirus: Pyrrhus, the great general
		Epirus was settled by Greeks early in the first millennium BC but remained a frontier area contested with the Illyrian peoples of the Adriatic coast.
		Epirus was ruled from the 6th century by a dynasty, the Molossians.The main importance of Epirus to the Greek cities (polis) was that it was the location of the shrine and the oracle at Dodona, second in importance only to the oracle at Delphi.
		Pyrrhus was driven out of Macedonia by Lysimachus, his former ally, in 284 BC.In 281 the Greek city of Tarentum, in southern Italy, fell out with Rome, and was faced with a Roman attack and certain defeat.
	www.civiboard.com /hellenization/epirus-pyrrhus-the-great-general (1078 words)

	Pyrrhus of Epirus (319-272 B.C.)
		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.
		Pyrrhus was killed in a night skirmish in the streets of Argos.
	www.thelatinlibrary.com /imperialism/notes/pyrrhus.html (343 words)

	Pyrrhus of Epirus - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary)
		In B.C. 317, when the Molossians rebelled against Pyrrhus' father, the infant sought refuge in flight and found it at the court of the Illyrian king Glaucias.
		When in B.C. 280 (281?) Pyrrhus recieved a request for help from the Tarentines and the League of Italiods in their war against Rome, he seized this opportunity with both hands.
		During his Peloponnesian campaign, Pyrrhus was wounded by a tile that fell on his head while running through the streets of Argos.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /wcd/Pyrrhus_of_Epirus (952 words)

	Plutarch's Life of Pyrrhus
		[31] 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.
		Pyrrhus was now making good his retreat, and while the marketplace afforded them ground enough both to retreat and fight, frequently repulsed the enemy that bore upon him.
	www.bostonleadershipbuilders.com /plutarch/pyrrhus.htm (8433 words)

	The Baldwin Project: Pyrrhus by Jacob Abbott
		Pyrrhus exercised an uncommon degree of moderation in his victory over his rival; for, instead of taking his life, or even banishing him from the kingdom, he treated him with respectful consideration, and offered, very generously, as it would seem, to admit him to a share of the regal power.
		Pyrrhus, was now about twenty-three years of age, and inasmuch as, with all his moderation in respect to the pursuit of youthful pleasures, he was of a very ambitious and aspiring disposition, he began to form schemes and plans [91] for the enlargement of his power.
		Pyrrhus himself received a wound; but, [103] notwithstanding this, he succeeded in bringing his antagonist to the ground, and would have killed him, had not the friends of Pantauchus rushed on and rescued him from the danger.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=abbott&book=pyrrhus&story=macedon (4200 words)

	Pyrrhic (DBA 43)
		This is the army of Pyrrhus of Epirus, a champion of Greek civilization whose skills as a general were compared favorably to those of Alexander the Great by the likes of Hannibal, but who is known primarily for his costly "pyrrhic" victories.
		Epirus was comprised of a confederation of three Greek-speaking tribes, the Thesproti, the Chaones and the dominant Molossi (or Aeacidae), with a line of descent traced from Achilles of Trojan War fame, and who provided the royal bloodlines of Epirus.
		Pyrrhus himself is reputed to have been the first man to climb the scaling ladder and mount the battlements to engage in hand to hand combat.
	www.fanaticus.org /DBA/armies/dba43.html (1661 words)

	Mantikora-The Battle of Heraclea-Before and After
		Pyrrhus was born in the year 318 BC as the only son and successor of Aeacides, the king of Epirus.
		Pyrrhus realized that Tarentines were not willing to fight on their own, unless some strong compulsion was used to them.
		Pyrrhus' army advanced and made a fortified camp on the plain between the cities of Pandosia and Heraclea, on the left bank of river Siris.
	games.mantikora.com /articles/heracleabaf.php4 (3646 words)

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		Epirus is largely made up of great limestone ridges oriented northwest-southeast and north-south; they reach up to 8,600 feet (2,600 m) in height and fall off more steeply to the west.
		Epirus itself remained culturally backward during this time, but Mycenean remains have been found at two religious shrines of great antiquity in the region: the Oracle of the Dead on the Acheron River, familiar to the heroes of Homer's Odyssey, and the Oracle of Zeus at Dodona, to whom Achilles prayed in the Iliad.
		The greatest Molossian king of this coalition was Pyrrhus (319-272); he and his son Alexander II ruled as far south as Acarnania and to central Albania in the north.
	www.grecian.net /GREECE/epirus/epirus.htm (975 words)

	History of Epirus
		Alexander, king of Epirus, was warned by the oracle of Dodona to avoid Pandosia and the Acherusian water, and erroneously applied it to this his own Pandosia, instead of that of Italy, where he received his fatal wound.
		Epirus during that period, free from attacks by the Franks and the Slavs, flourished and enjoyed great prosperity, as is attested in the towns of Epirus by the many Byzantine buildings (churches, forts, aqueducts, bridges, etc.) dating from this time of hardship for Hellenism.
		We have seen Pyrrhus was Greek by both his parents. Modern Albanian propaganda tend to associate the fact that Pyrrhus as an infant after his first exile, spent a few years in the court of the Illyrian Glaukias as evidence of his…Illyrian background.
	historyofepirus.wordpress.com (5078 words)

	Pyrrhus of Epirus (1)
		Pyrrhus was born in 319/318 as the son of Aeacides and a Greek lady from Thessaly named Phthia, the daughter of a hero in the War of Greek liberation against the Macedonians (the "Lamian war").
		Pyrrhus may have had greater designs, but for the time being, he had to be content, because now Demetrius arrived.
		Pyrrhus also married a daughter of king Audoleon of the Paeonians (north of Macedonia), and Bircenna, the daughter of the leader of the Illyrians, Bardyllis.
	www.livius.org /ps-pz/pyrrhus/pyrrhus01.html (1290 words)

	The Republic
		The victory over Pyrrhus was a significant one as it was the defeat of Greek army which fought in the tradition of Alexander the Great and was commanded by the most able commander of the time.
		After her defeat of Pyrrhus Rome was recognized as a major power in the Mediterranean, nothing makes this clearer than the opening of a permanent embassy of amity by the Macedonian king of Egypt in Rome in 273 BC.
		In 272 BC, the year of Pyrrhus'' death, the powerful Greek city of Tarentum in the south of Italy was surrendered to the Romans, other Greek cities and the Bruttian tribes with their valuable forest-country surrendered likewise, undertaking to supply Rome with ships and crews in future.
	www.roman-empire.net /republic/republic-java-script-2.html (17761 words)

	Epirus - Province of the Roman Empire
		Epirus was the coastal region of northwestern Greece and southern Albania with Illyrium to the north and Macedonia to the east and was home to the Epirote tribes which were little known by the Greeks at the time.
		Epirus was the launching area of the Dorian invasions (1100-1000 BC) of Greece, which along with civil wars and environmental upheaval helped lead to the Greek Dark Ages.
		At Argos Pyrrhus was trapped between the armies of the Macedonians and the Spartans and killed.
	www.unrv.com /provinces/epirus.php (1065 words)

	Battle of Asculum (279 BC)
		Pyrrhus, King of Epirus in Northwest Greece and related by blood to the line of Alexander the Great, was himself a man of great ambition.
		Pyrrhus was a man of great physical courage who possessed a shrewd eye for political and military gain.
		The resources of Epirus were limited, but with such support even the Romans and their Latin and Italian allies might be defeated.
	fanaticus.org /DBA/battles/asculum.html (760 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 (1546 words)

	The Battle of Heraclea
		The Battle of Heraclea took place in 280 BC between the Romans under the command of consul Publius Valerius Laevinus and the combined forces of Greeks from Taranto, Thurii, Metapont, Heraclea and Epirus under the command of king Pyrrhus of Epirus.
		Pyrrhus' peltasts and archers began to fire and his phalanxes began to attack.
		Pyrrhus was afraid that he did not have enough soldiers to fight, and knew Laevinus and Barbula were probably marching behind him.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/History/Battles/Heraclea.html (1258 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Pyrrhus the Eagle, King of Epirus: 319 - 272 BC
		The territory of Epirus was the mountainous coastal region of modern north-western Greece and southern Albania.
		Pyrrhus was regarded as brave, honourable, charismatic and generous to both friend and foe.
		Pyrrhus: Sicily next holds out her arms to receive us, a wealthy and populous island, and easy to be gained; for since Agathocles left it, only faction and anarchy, and the licentious violence of the demagogues prevail.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A3533726 (3023 words)

	PYRRHUS (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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)

	Lysimachus Information
		Demetrius subsequently threatened Thrace, but had to retire in consequence of a rising in Boeotia, and an attack from Pyrrhus of Epirus.
		In 288 BC Lysimachus and Pyrrhus in turn invaded Macedonia, and drove Demetrius out of the country.
		Pyrrhus was at first allowed to remain in possession of Macedonia with the title of king, but in 285 BC he was expelled by Lysimachus.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Lysimachus (612 words)

	Pyrrhus of Epirus, Pyrrhic Victory - Timeline Index
		297 BC), Epirus (306-301, 297-272 BC) and Macedon (288-284, 273-272 BC), was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome.
		Pyrrhus was also known to be very benevolent.
		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).
	www.timelineindex.com /content/view/2310 (345 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)

	The Baldwin Project: Famous Men of Greece by John H. Haaren and A. B. Poland
		Pyrrhus, to show his gratitude, then sent back to Rome all the prisoners whom he held, without asking any ransom.
		Not content to rule Epirus, Pyrrhus next went into the Peloponnesus and fought against the Spartans, but they drove him from their territory.
		It struck Pyrrhus upon the head and stunned him, and some of the soldiers of the party against whom he was fighting ran up and killed him.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=haaren&book=greece&story=pyrrhus (819 words)

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