Pyrrhus, Pyrrhos or Pyrros () may refer to:

People

  • Pyrrhus of Athens (fl. 5th century BC), Athenian sculptor
  • Pyrrhus I of Epirus (318–272 BC), king of Epirus, after whom Pyrrhic victory was named
  • Pyrrho of Elis (360–270 BC), Greek philosopher, founder of Pyrrhonism
  • Pyrrhus II of Epirus (fl. 3rd century BC), king of Epirus
  • Pyrrhus III of Epirus (fl. 3rd century BC), king of Epirus
  • Pyrrhus of Constantinople (fl. 7th century AD), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Pyrrhus Ligorius ( – 1583), Italian architect and painter
  • Dionysios Pyrrhos (1774–1853), Greek monk, doctor and writer
  • Pyrrhus Concer (1814–1897), American sailor
  • Pyrros Spyromilios (1913–1961), Greek Navy officer
  • Pyrros Lappas (1899–1981), Greek Navy officer
  • Pyrros Dimas (), Greek weightlifter and politician

Mythology

  • Pyrrhus (also known as Neoptolemus), son of Achilles and Deidamia in Greek mythology
  • Pyrrhus, a Phrygian man in Greek mythology

Other uses

  • 5283 Pyrrhus, an asteroid
  • Pyrrhic, a metric foot of two short unstressed syllables
  • Pyrrhus The First, a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
  • Pyrrhus, an opera by Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer
  • "King Pyrrhus" Ioannina National Airport, an airport in Greece
  • Pyrrus, a fictional planet in the Deathworld novels

See also

  • Pyrrhic (disambiguation)
  • Pyrrhic victory
  • Pyrrhonism
  • Pyrrhias (disambiguation)
  • Pirro (disambiguation)