• Pyrrhichus or Pyrrhichos (Ancient Greek: Πύρριχος) was a town of ancient Laconia, situated about the centre of the promontory ending in Cape Taenarum,...
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  • Pyrrichos was named after Pyrrhichos, the legendary Laconian founder of Pyrrhichus. According to another tradition Pyrrhichios was named after the son of...
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    Gythium Teuthrone Las Pyrrhichus Caenepolis Oetylus Leuctra Thalamae Alagonia Gerenia Asopus Acriae Boeae Zarax Epidaurus Limera Brasiae Geronthrae Marius...
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    (Ἀμαζόνιος), Pausanias at the Description of Greece writes that near Pyrrhichus there was a sanctuary of Apollo, called Amazonius (Ancient Greek: Ἀμαζόνιος)...
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  • the Greek god Apollo, under which he was worshiped, and had a temple at Pyrrhichus in Laconia. The name was derived either from the belief that the mythological...
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  • Ariston (Ancient Greek: Ἀρίστων) of Corinth, son of Pyrrhichus, was one of those apparently who made their way into Syracuse during the second year of...
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