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A Pyrrhic victory (/ ˈ p ɪr ɪ k / ⓘ PIRR-ik) is a victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat. Such a victory negates any true sense of achievement or damages long-term progress.
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Pyrrhic victory, a success that brings such significant harm to the victor that it differs little from defeat. Although the triumphant party in a Pyrrhic victory is considered the overall winner, the costs incurred and their future repercussions diminish the sense of genuine success. It is sometimes known as a hollow victory.
The origin of the term Pyrrhic victory can be traced to King Pyrrhus of Epirus. In 281 bce Pyrrhus arrived at Tarentum (modern Taranto) in Magna Graecia on the southern Italian coast with 20 elephants and roughly 25,000 soldiers to defend his fellow Greeks against the advancing Romans. Pyrrhus won the initial two battles, at Heraclea (280 bce) and Asculum (279 bce), but at a significant cost. Gravely depleted, Pyrrhus’s forces lost their momentum and were defeated by the Romans in the final, decisive battle at Beneventum in 275 bce. Even though the Romans suffered a greater number of casualties in both of Pyrrhus’s initial victories, their losses were less severe given the larger size of their army.
In the late 16th century, the term Pyrrhic emerged as an adjective referring to victories resembling that of Pyrrhus. The earliest known usages of the concept appear in Christopher Marlowe’s works, and by the early 19th century Pyrrhic had begun to be paired with victory, rendering the precise meaning of a victory achieved at excessive cost.
In the context of warfare, a Pyrrhic victory is a triumph achieved at great expense, where the victorious party suffers significant losses that diminish the overall sense of success. For example, if side A prevails over side B in a particular battle but suffers a significant number of casualties in the process, the outcome might be a Pyrrhic victory. Although side A has won the immediate conflict, the repercussions of their losses may have a negative impact on their future campaigns. The notion of winning the battle but losing the war is the primary understanding of Pyrrhus’s deeds in the 3rd century bce.
There are several other notable Pyrrhic victories in military history. During Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, the French were the victors at the Battle of Borodino (September 7, 1812). Although the French army subsequently occupied Moscow, the Russian government refused to come to terms with Napoleon. Unwilling to risk wintering in Moscow, Napoleon tried to withdraw, but he found his way blocked by Russian Gen. Mikhail Kutuzov. By the time Napoleon’s Grande Armée completed its retreat from Russia, it had lost some 80 percent of its strength.
During the American Civil War the Battle of Chancellorsville (April 30–May 5, 1863) is regarded by many as Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s greatest triumph, but the battlefield victory came at an enormous cost. Lee audaciously divided his army in the face of the much larger Union force and routed Gen. Joseph Hooker’s Army of the Potomac. In the pursuit of Union troops, however, Lee’s ablest lieutenant, Gen. Thomas (“Stonewall”) Jackson, was mistakenly shot by his own men and later succumbed to his wounds. Lee’s success at Chancellorsville also inspired him to mount a disastrous invasion of Pennsylvania; the Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863) would prove to be one of the turning points of the war.
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Like many metaphors of war, the concept of a Pyrrhic victory also applies in nonmilitary contexts. In sports, for example, one might call it a Pyrrhic victory if team A defeats team B in a football game but loses its most valuable player to a season-ending injury in the process, a cost so great that it diminishes their sense of accomplishment and a...
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Jan 27, 2024 · Jan 27, 2024 • By Neil Middleton, MA Ancient History, BA History & Archaeology. A Pyrrhic victory is defined by the Cambridge dictionary as “a victory that is not worth winning because the winner has lost so much in winning it.”. It is the kind of victory no one would celebrate and ultimately leads to defeat.
A pyrrhic victory is a victory that comes at a great cost, perhaps making the ordeal to win not worth it. It relates to Pyrrhus, a king of Epirus who defeated the Romans in 279 BCE but lost many of his troops.
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