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A New General Biographical Dictionary Volume 11

A New General Biographical Dictionary Volume 11


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ...taxes. Pyrrho was a great admirer of the poets, particularly of Homer. He died in the ninetieth year of his age, and the Athenians set up a statue in honour of him, and his countrymen erected a monument to his memory. PYRRHUS, king of Epirus, one of the most celebrated generals of antiquity, was born about B.c. 318, and was the son of jEacides, who was expelled from his kingdom by a revolt of his subjects. Pyrrhus, then an infant, was carried to the court of Glaucias, king of Illyria, who gave him protection. His father having died in the mean time, Glaucias, when Pyrrhus was twelve years of age, marched an army into Epirus, and placed him upon the throne of his ancestors. He reigned in peace till he was seventeen years of age, when, having taken a journey into Illyria, in order to be present at the nuptials of one of Glaucias's sons, with whom he had been educated, his subjects, the Molossians, seized his treasures, and conferred the crown upon his great uncle, Neoptolemus. Pyrrhus, being possessed of no force to enable him to recover his authority, repaired to Demetrius Poliorcetes, the son of Antigonus, who had married his sister, and under that eminent commander learned the art of war, in company with many of the officers and soldiers of Alexander the Great. At the battle of Ipsus, B.c. 301, he greatly distinguished himself; and after its loss by Demetrius, he secured for him the Greek cities, with the care of which he had been entrusted. When a treaty of peace was concluded between Demetrius and Ptolemy Lagus, king of Egypt, Pyrrhus consented to be one of the hostages sent into that country for the performance of the conditions. In the Egyptian court he excited general admiration by his amiable and correct behaviour, and his dexterity in martial exerci...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781130707540
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 404
  • Spine Width: 21 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1130707547
  • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 717 gr


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