\ud83e\uddd0 Cineas was an ancient Greek politician and a friend of \ud83e\udd34\ud83c\udffbKing Pyrrhus of Epirus, considered one of the greatest generals in antiquity. After spending decades securing his own possessions, it was inevitable that the king would turn his attention toward the new powers of Rome and Carthage, to the west of Greece.<\/p>\n
The story goes that Cineas tried to dissuade Pyrrhus from sailing to Italy and urged him to be satisfied with the possessions he already had.<\/p>\n
\ud83e\uddd0 \u201cShould the gods permit us to overcome them, how will we profit from our victory?\u201d
\n\ud83e\udd34\ud83c\udffb \u201cAfter we have conquered the Romans, no city in all of Italy will be able to resist us.\u201d
\n\ud83e\uddd0\u201cAnd once we have Italy, WHAT NEXT?\u201d
\n\ud83e\udd34\ud83c\udffb\u201cSicily is a wealthy island and should be easy to take\u201d
\n\ud83e\uddd0\u201cWill that put an end to the war?\u201d
\n\ud83e\udd34\ud83c\udffb\u201cOf course not. Carthage would then be within reach,\u201d said Pyrrhus. \u201cAfter we have taken both Rome and Carthage, who in the world would dare oppose us?\u201d
\n\ud83e\uddd0\u201cAnd then what shall we do?\u201d
\n\ud83e\udd34\ud83c\udffb\u201cThen, my dear Cineas, we will relax, eat and drink, and have pleasant conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n
“>> Cineas delivered the point he was leading to…”<\/p>\n
\ud83e\uddd0\u201cWHAT IS TO STOP US FROM DOING THAT RIGHT NOW, WITHOUT CAUSING FURTHER HARDSHIP TO OTHERS OR TO OURSELVES\u2049\ufe0f\u201d<\/p>\n
\u270d\ufe0f Pyrrhus and Cineas ended up sailing to Italy, and unfortunately for them, despite several successes\u2014which gave rise to the term \u201cPyrrhic victory,\u201d for a victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat and damages long-term progress\u2014they never did gain that final peace the king referred to \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\ud83e\uddd0 Cineas was an ancient Greek politician and a friend of \ud83e\udd34\ud83c\udffbKing Pyrrhus of Epirus, considered one of the greatest generals in antiquity. After spending decades securing his own possessions, it was inevitable that the king would turn his attention toward the new powers of Rome and Carthage, to the west of Greece. The story goes that Cineas tried to dissuade Pyrrhus from sailing to Italy and urged him to be satisfied with the possessions he already had. \ud83e\uddd0 \u201cShould the gods permit us to overcome them, how will we profit from our victory?\u201d \ud83e\udd34\ud83c\udffb \u201cAfter we have conquered the Romans, no city in all of Italy will be able to resist us.\u201d \ud83e\uddd0\u201cAnd once we have Italy, WHAT NEXT?\u201d \ud83e\udd34\ud83c\udffb\u201cSicily is a wealthy island and should be easy to take\u201d \ud83e\uddd0\u201cWill that put an end to the war?\u201d \ud83e\udd34\ud83c\udffb\u201cOf course not. Carthage would then be within reach,\u201d said Pyrrhus. \u201cAfter we have taken both Rome and Carthage, who in the world would dare oppose us?\u201d \ud83e\uddd0\u201cAnd then what shall we do?\u201d \ud83e\udd34\ud83c\udffb\u201cThen, my dear Cineas, we will relax, eat and drink, and have pleasant conversation.\u201d “>> Cineas delivered the point he was leading to…” \ud83e\uddd0\u201cWHAT IS TO STOP US FROM DOING THAT RIGHT NOW, WITHOUT CAUSING FURTHER HARDSHIP TO OTHERS OR TO OURSELVES\u2049\ufe0f\u201d \u270d\ufe0f Pyrrhus and Cineas ended up sailing to Italy, and unfortunately for them, despite several successes\u2014which gave rise to the term \u201cPyrrhic victory,\u201d for a victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat and damages long-term progress\u2014they never did gain that final peace the king referred to \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corporate-business","category-leadership","category-personal-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":686,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions\/686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rafaguilarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}