He was king of the Molossians, He was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome, and had been regarded as one of the greatest generals of antiquity. Several of his victorious battles caused him unacceptably heavy losses, from which the phrase "Pyrrhic victory" was coined.
...Pyrrhus was trapped. While he was fighting an Argive soldier, the soldier's old mother, who was watching from a rooftop, threw a tile which knocked him from his horse and broke part of his spine, paralyzing him. Whether he was alive or not after the blow is unknown, but his death was assured when a Macedonian soldier named Zopyrus, though frightened by the look on the face of the unconscious king, hesitantly and ineptly beheaded his motionless body.
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it_depends_man@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 57d
I require context.
danekrae@lemmy.world · 59 pts · 57d
From Wikipedia:
He was king of the Molossians, He was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome, and had been regarded as one of the greatest generals of antiquity. Several of his victorious battles caused him unacceptably heavy losses, from which the phrase "Pyrrhic victory" was coined.
...Pyrrhus was trapped. While he was fighting an Argive soldier, the soldier's old mother, who was watching from a rooftop, threw a tile which knocked him from his horse and broke part of his spine, paralyzing him. Whether he was alive or not after the blow is unknown, but his death was assured when a Macedonian soldier named Zopyrus, though frightened by the look on the face of the unconscious king, hesitantly and ineptly beheaded his motionless body.
nagaram@piefed.social · 1 pts · 55d
Pyrrhus was killed by Zopyrus and his mom
Idk, sounds fake. I need a Greek nerd to tell me the "zopyrus" is like "Better Pyyrhus/" or something
danekrae@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 55d
All the greatest warriors get mommy to help.
brown567@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 57d
Urban warfare, my dude
Gotta remember to look up XD
Noite_Etion@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 57d
That look when your mum takes out the greatest general alive
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 57d
Remind me of a scene in Ulysses:
Schoolteacher to boy in school:
'What can you tell me about Phyrrus?'
Well sir, Phyrrus' a pier, isn't it?
Agent641@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 56d
Babushkas bloodlust is unmatched.
Haaveilija@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 57d
"Who would win"