Pyrrhus of Epirus

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Hellenistic ruler ancient Greek person general king

Pyrrhus of Epirus was a Hellenistic Greek king and general, famed for his costly victories against Rome that gave rise to the term “Pyrrhic victory.”

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Pyrrhus of Epirus canonical	33
King Pyrrhus of Epirus	2
Hellenistic king Pyrrhus of Epirus	1
Pyrrhus	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic ruler ⓘ ancient Greek person ⓘ general ⓘ king ⓘ
alliedWith	Bruttians ⓘ Lucanians ⓘ Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Ptolemaic Egypt Samnites ⓘ Tarentum ⓘ
battle	Battle of Asculum ⓘ Battle of Beneventum ⓘ Battle of Corupedium ⓘ Battle of Heraclea ⓘ Battle of Ipsus ⓘ
birthPlace	Epirus ⓘ
birthYear	318 BC ⓘ 319 BC ⓘ
causeOfDeath	killed in street fighting at Argos ⓘ
child	Alexander (son of Pyrrhus) ⓘ Helenus (son of Pyrrhus) ⓘ Olympias (daughter of Pyrrhus) ⓘ Ptolemy (son of Pyrrhus) ⓘ
contemporaryOf	Antigonus I Monophthalmus ⓘ Lysimachus ⓘ Ptolemy I Soter ⓘ Seleucus I Nicator ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Epirus ⓘ
deathPlace	Argos ⓘ
deathYear	272 BC ⓘ
dynasty	Aeacid dynasty ⓘ
era	Hellenistic period ⓘ
ethnicity	Greek ⓘ
father	Aeacides of Epirus ⓘ
fullName	Pyrrhus of Epirus self-link ⓘ
knownFrom	Plutarch’s Parallel Lives ⓘ surface form: Plutarch's Parallel Lives
legacy	term "Pyrrhic victory" named after him ⓘ
mentor	Demetrius I of Macedon ⓘ
militaryInnovation	early use of elephants against Rome ⓘ
mother	Phthia of Macedon ⓘ
nameInGreek	Πύρρος ⓘ
notableFor	campaigns against the Roman Republic ⓘ giving rise to the term "Pyrrhic victory" ⓘ use of war elephants in Italy ⓘ
opponent	Antigonus II Gonatas ⓘ Carthage ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
regionRuled	Epirus ⓘ Macedon ⓘ
reign	King of Epirus 297–272 BC ⓘ King of Epirus 306–302 BC ⓘ King of Macedon 273–272 BC ⓘ King of Macedon 288–284 BC ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
servedAs	hostage at the court of Ptolemy I Soter in Egypt ⓘ
spouse	Antigone of Epirus ⓘ Bircenna ⓘ Lanassa ⓘ
title	King of Epirus ⓘ King of Macedon ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tarentum → invitedAsMilitaryLeader → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Roman conquest of southern Italy → opponent → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Pyrrhic War → conflictBetween → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Pyrrhic War → hasParticipant → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Pyrrhic War → namedAfter → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Pyrrhic War → notableCommander → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Battle of Heraclea → commander → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Battle of Heraclea → opponentOf → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Battle of Beneventum → combatant → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Battle of Beneventum → opponent → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Battle of Beneventum → commander → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Olympias → relative → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Molossian kings of Epirus → notableMember → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Molossian kings of Epirus → ancestralTo → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

theatre of Dodona → constructedUnder → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

subject surface form: Theatre of Dodona

this entity surface form: King Pyrrhus of Epirus

Demetrius I of Macedon → successor → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Beneventum → battleOpponents → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Heraclea → battleOpponents → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Taras → alliedWith → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Taras → soughtAidFrom → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Siege of Tarentum (272 BCE) → relatedTo → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Pyrrhus of Epirus → fullName → Pyrrhus of Epirus self-link ⓘ

Roman–Lucanian conflicts → hasParticipant → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

river Siris → associatedWith → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Publius Decius Mus (consul of 279 BCE) → militaryConflictOpponent → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Manius Curius Dentatus → defeated → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Battle of Asculum → commander → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Battle of Asculum → associatedPerson → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Lucanians → alliedWith → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Troades → character → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pyrrhus

Publius Valerius Laevinus → opponent → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Gaius Fabricius Luscinus → associatedWith → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Pyrrhus of Epirus

Ambracia → wasCapitalOf → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Ambracia → underRuleOf → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Life of Pyrrhus → mainSubject → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

Life of Pyrrhus → depicts → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic king Pyrrhus of Epirus

Aeacidae → hasNotableMember → Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ