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    Default how do you pronounce pyrrhus and canae

    i am a self taught man, so all my information comes from books. i have always been curious how to pronounce those two things

    i assume pyrrhus is pie-rus and canae is can-eye, but then there is the phrase phyrric victory, and that makes me wonder if its fy-rus

    seems to be a few history buffs here, so i thought i'd ask
    Last edited by Callahan9119; 05-11-2008 at 22:45.
    And when the brazen cry of achilles
    Was heard among the trojans, all their hearts
    Were troubled, and the full-maned horses whirled
    The chariots backward, knowing griefs at hand...

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