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Pyrrhic victory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (295 words) |
 | A Pyrrhic victory (pronounced pirric) is a victory which is won at too great a cost for the victor. |
| The phrase is a reference to King Pyrrhus of Epirus, who defeated the Romans at Heraclea and Asculum in 279 BC, but suffered severe and irreplaceable casualties in the process, going on to eventually lose the Pyrrhic War. |
| While it is most closely associated with a military battle, the term is used by analogy in fields such as business, politics, law or sport to describe any similar struggle which is ruinous for the victor. |
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