Pyrrhus was the king of Epirus in northern Greece. Winning great victories against the armies of Macedon and Rome, he is considered one of the finest military commanders in history and was favourably compared to Alexander the Great by such noted generals as Hannibal. Due to the large losses suffered during his battles he has famously given his name to the expression a 'Pyrrhic victory' which refers to any military success which comes at a high cost to the victor.
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Our main sources are:
1) Plutarch, Lives, Pyrrhus
https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%AF%CE%BF%CE%B9_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B9/%CE%A0%CF%8D%CF%81%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Pyrrhus*.html#1
2) Plutarch, Lives, Demetrius
https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%AF%CE%BF%CE%B9_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B9/%CE%94%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%AE%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Demetrius*.html#31
3) Plutarch, Lives, Flamininus
https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%AF%CE%BF%CE%B9_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B9/%CE%A4%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Flamininus*.html
4) Justinus: Epitome of Pompeius Trogus' (Μάρκος Ιουστίνος, Επιτομή του Πομπηίου Τρόγου)
http://www.attalus.org/translate/justin2.html#17.3
5) Pausanias, Description of Greece (Παυσανίας, Ελλάδος Περιήγησις)
https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%AE%CE%B3%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B9%CF%82/%CE%91%CF%84%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AC
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.11&redirect=true
6) STRABO, GEOGRAPHY (Στράβων, Γεωγραφικά)
https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B5%CF%89%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AC
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/7G*.html#6
7) DIODORUS SICULUS, LIBRARY OF HISTORY (Διόδωρος Σικελιώτης, Ιστορική Βιβλιοθήκη)
https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/%CE%99%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%B8%CE%AE%CE%BA%CE%B7
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/22*.html#8
8) DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS, ROMAN ANTIQUITIES (Διονύσιος ο Αλικαρνεύς, Ρωμαϊκή Αρχαιολογία)
https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CF%89%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%8A%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%91%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus/20*.html#8
Our secondary sources are:
1) Ancient History Encyclopedia, Pyrrhus, Mark Cartwright
https://www.ancient.eu/pyrrhus/
2) Pyrrhus of Epirus, Livius.org, Articles on ancient history
https://www.livius.org/articles/person/pyrrhus-of-epirus/
3) Πύρρος – Βασιλιάς της Ηπείρου, ΑΡΓΟΛΙΚΗ ΑΡΧΕΙΑΚΗ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ
https://argolikivivliothiki.gr/2011/07/19/%CF%80%CF%8D%CF%81%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82-%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%AC%CF%82-%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%B7%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%AF%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85-319-272-%CF%80-%CF%87/
4) ΠΥΡΡΟΣ: Ο ΒΑΣΙΛΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΗΠΕΙΡΟΥ, ΓΑΡΟΥΦΑΛΙΑΣ Ε. ΠΕΤΡΟΣ
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