Pyrrhi Castra
Πύρρου χάραξ
Pyrrhi Castra (Πύρρου χάραξ).
1.
A fortress in the N. of Laconia, was probably at or near the junction of the Oenus and Eurotas, and is supposed to have been so named from having been the place of encampment of Pyrrhus, when he invaded Laconia in B.C. 272. (Plb. 5.19; Liv. 35.27; Leake, Peloponnesiaca, p. 345.)
2.
In Greek Illyria. [Vol. I. p. 563a.]
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.