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Bookmark or Share- Pyrrhic Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of PYRRHIC is a metrical foot consisting of two short or unaccented syllables. How to use pyrrhic in a sentence.
- Pyrrhic victory - WikipediaA "Pyrrhic victory" is named after King Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose army suffered irreplaceable casualties in defeating the Romans at the Battle of Heraclea in 280 BC and the Battle of Asculum in 279 BC, during the Pyrrhic War.
- PYRRHIC Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comPyrrhic definition: consisting of two short or unaccented syllables.. See examples of PYRRHIC used in a sentence.
- What is a 'Pyrrhic victory'? - Merriam-WebsterWe define Pyrrhic victory as “a victory that is not worth winning because so much is lost to achieve it.” The word comes from the name of Pyrrhus, a long-ago king of Epirus, who suffered heavy losses in defeating the Romans at Asculum in Apulia in 279 B.C.E.
- Pyrrhic victory Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterIn 279 B.C. Pyrrhus, the king of Epirus, a country in northwest Greece, defeated the Romans at the Battle of Ausculum, but lost all of his best officers and many men. He is said to have exclaimed after the battle, "One more such victory and we are lost". Pyrrhic victories are more common than we tend to think.
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