Pyrrhus

Pyrrhus, Pyrrhos or Pyrros (Πύρρος) may refer to:

People

• Pyrrhus of Epirus (318–272 BC), king of Epirus, after whom the term Pyrrhic victory was named
• Pyrrhus II of Epirus (fl. 3rd century BC), king of Epirus
• Pyrrhus III of Epirus (fl. 3rd century BC), king of Epirus
• Pyrrhus of Athens (fl. 5th century BC), Athenian sculptor
• Pyrrho of Elis (360–270 BC), Greek philosopher, founder of Pyrrhonism
• Pyrrhus of Constantinople (fl. 7th century AD), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
• Pyrrhus Ligorius (1512–1583), Italian architect and painter
• Dionysios Pyrrhos (1774–1853), Greek monk, doctor and writer
• Pyrrhus Concer (1814–1897), American sailor
• Pyrros Lappas (1899–1981), Greek Navy officer
• Pyrros Spyromilios (1913–1961), Greek Navy officer
• Pyrros Dimas (b. 1971), Greek weightlifter and politician

Mythology

• Pyrrhus (also known as Neoptolemus), son of Achilles and Deidamia in Greek mythology
• Pyrrhus, a Phrygian man in Greek mythology

Other uses

• 5283 Pyrrhus, an asteroid
• Pyrrhic, a metric foot of two short unstressed syllables
• Pyrrhus The First, a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
• Pyrrhus, an opera by Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer
• "King Pyrrhus" Ioannina National Airport, an airport in Greece
• Pyrrus, a fictional planet in the Deathworld novels

See also

• Pyrrhic (disambiguation)
• Pyrrhias (disambiguation)
• Pirro (disambiguation)