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This Roman marble bust from c. 50 - 25 BCE is a copy of a Hellenistic statue made in 290 BCE. It depicts Pyrrhus king of Epirus, best known today for the phrase "Pyrrhic victory." It is currently housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and is on loan from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.
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Cervera, C. (2016, May 04). Pyrrhus of Epirus. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5035/pyrrhus-of-epirus/
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Cervera, Caroline. "Pyrrhus of Epirus." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified May 04, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5035/pyrrhus-of-epirus/.
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Cervera, Caroline. "Pyrrhus of Epirus." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 04 May 2016. Web. 25 Jul 2024.