Pyrrhic (disambiguation)
Look up
pyrrhic
in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Not to be confused with
Pierian
.
A
pyrrhic
is a metrical foot used in formal poetry.
Pyrrhic
may also refer to:
Senses qualifying uses of "victory":
Pyrrhic victory
, a victory at devastating cost
Pyrrhic Victory
(album)
, 2006 album by Intwine
Pyrrhic Victories
, a short story by
Mathilda Malling
Pyrrhic dance
, a coming of age ritual for Korybantes warriors in Ancient Greece
Pyrrhichios
, an ancient Greek dance described by Xenophon
Pyrrhic defeat theory
, a theory in criminology
Pyrrhic War
(280–275 BC), a series of battles among the Greeks