The great Grecian general Pyrrhus died in a street battle in Argos. An old mother whose son was fighting him threw a tile from a rooftop knocking him from his horse and breaking his spine.
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The great Grecian general Pyrrhus died in a street battle in Argos. An old mother whose son was fighting him threw a tile from a rooftop knocking him from his horse and breaking his spine.
I wonder if General Lew Wallace knew of that story, and whether it influenced the plot of “Ben-Hur”.
Good question!