PIRRUS. Pyrrhus was another name for Neoptolemus, son of Achilles and Deidamia. When the Greeks took Troy, Pyrrhus slew Priam at the palace altar (Aeneid II.469-505, 526-558).

The Man of Law says that there was never such tender weeping for pity when Pirrus broke down the wall of Troy as there was for Custance's departure for Syria, MLT 288-294. The ladies of Ilion did not make a greater lamentation when Pirrus caught Priam by the beard and slew him as the hens make when the fox grabs Chauntecleer, NPT 3355-3361. The story of how Pirrus slew Priam and Polytes is painted on the brass tablet, HF I.159-161. [Polite: Priam]

Pirrus, a spelling variant, occurs twice medially, MLT 288; NPT 357; and once in final rhyming position, HF I.161.