Πύρρος

Pyrrhos, Pyrrhus

Translated by David Whitehead28 Mar 2008Vetting: high5 revisions

3 words

A proper name.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πύρρος· ὄνομα κύριον.

Betacode

*pu/rros: o)/noma ku/rion.

Notes

For the two best-known holders of it see under alpha 3970 (a.k.a. Neoptolemos) and pi 3232.
Others include the eponym of Isaeus 3 'On the Estate of Pyrrhos', a fragmentarily-preserved historian of the C3 BCE (FGrH 229), and the Athenian eponymous archon of 158/7.

Linked from1 entry

μ1199ΜολοττόςMolossian, Molottian[Note] that the Molottians in their oath-taking used to make the compacts by cutting up the oxen into small pieces. And see under "Molottian ox."

Neighbouring entries

π3231Πυρορραγήςfire-broken π3232ΠύρροςPyrrhus, Pyrrhos π3233ΠύρροςPyrrhos, Pyrrhus π3234Πυρόςwheat π3235Πυρρόςred

Revision history5 revisions · last 30 Dec 2021

30 Dec 2021coding — Catharine Roth
24 Oct 2013Revised — David Whitehead
26 Jul 2011Revised — David Whitehead
30 Mar 2008expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
28 Mar 2008raised status — William Hutton
28 Mar 2008Translated — David Whitehead