  pyrrhus (; , pyrrhos; 319/318â272 bc) was a greek general and statesman of the hellenistic period.; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .plutarch. parallel lives, "pyrrhus"... he was king of the greek tribe of molossians,. of the royal aeacid house (from c. 297 bc),; ; . and later he became king of epirus (r. 306â302, 297â272 bc) and macedon (r. 288â284, 273â272 bc). he was one of the strongest opponents of early rome. some of his battles, though successful, cost him heavy losses, from which the term pyrrhic victory was coined. he is the subject of one of [[pluta
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