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Illustré says: Epirus. Area on the borders of Greece and
Albania. The Kingdom of Epirus was established at the end of the
5th century BC, and became powerful under Pyrrhos II (295-272
BC). It was subjected to the Romans in 168 BP. Under the
Byzantine Empire, a Despotate of Epirus was set up for the
Komnenos family (1204-1318). The mythic founder of the Kingdom
of Epirus is Pyrrhos (a.k.a. Neoptolemos), Achilles' son, who
married Andromache, Hector's daughter, after the fall of Troja.
Pyrrhos is one of the main character of the classical tragedy
Andromaque, by Jean Racine (1667), in which he is called
"Pyrrhus". The tragedy takes place in Pyrrhos' capital city,
Buthrote, whose ruins can still be visited in Southern Albania
(Butrinti). The historical Pyrrhos (Pyrrho