According to Diogenes Laërtius, this was to convince the people of his time that he had been taken up by the gods on Olympus. * 272 BC: Pyrrhus of Epirus, the famous conquerer and source of the term pyrrhic victory, according to Plutarch died while fighting an urban battle in Argos on the back of an elephant when an old woman threw a roof tile at him, stunning him and allowing an Argive soldier to kill him. * 270 BC: Philitas of Cos, Greek intellectual, is said by… [read post]