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Pyrrhic Victory (Ancient Greek origin)
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What is a Punic victory?
The speaker probably meant a Pyrrhic victory: a victory won, but at too great of a cost.
What is an Pyrrhic?
A Pyrrhic victory is a victory with devastating cost to the victor; it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately cause defeat. a metrical foot that features two unstressed syllables
Who was that famous general who's losses in battles were so great that he famously noted something like another victory like this will be the end of me?
Pyrrhus, a Greek king who championed the Greek resistance to the Romans in Southern Italy. Although Pyrrhus won too battles against the Romans, his losses were indeed high, and he is said to have made this prediction when congratulated on his second victory. Today, a victory at too high a cost is called a pyrrhic victory.
What patriot victory convinced the British that the war was too difficult and too costly to pursue?
Battle of Yorktown
When did dig for victory begin?
The Dig For Victory Campaign began as early as February 1939 WW2 Were digging for victory after there loss in WW1, they tried digging for victory but unfortunately it didn't work out although if Britain was digging for victory then it must of worked out for them, you see both teams can't win!
A victory won at too great a cost is known as a victory?
Pyrrhic victory.
What is a Punic victory?
The speaker probably meant a Pyrrhic victory: a victory won, but at too great of a cost.
What is a Punic?
The speaker probably meant a Pyrrhic victory: a victory won, but at too great of a cost.
What is the word for a war won at too great a cost?
Pyrrhic Victory
What do you call a war you win at too big a cost?
It is called a Pyrrhic victory.
What is an Pyrrhic?
A Pyrrhic victory is a victory with devastating cost to the victor; it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately cause defeat. a metrical foot that features two unstressed syllables
Who was that famous general who's losses in battles were so great that he famously noted something like another victory like this will be the end of me?
Pyrrhus, a Greek king who championed the Greek resistance to the Romans in Southern Italy. Although Pyrrhus won too battles against the Romans, his losses were indeed high, and he is said to have made this prediction when congratulated on his second victory. Today, a victory at too high a cost is called a pyrrhic victory.
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How can you use this document to argue that building the great wall was not worth the cost?
The human cost in soldier and peasant suffering and deaths was too great.
What do we you called a victory gained at too high a price?
A Pyrrhic victory
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