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# Statue of Pyrrhus, 1st Century, in the Capitoline Museums, and Its Predator-Skin Footwear
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/statuia-pirra-318-272-gg-do-n-e-v-kapitoliiskikh-muzeiakh-i-v/
- Published: 2019-08-24T08:46:06.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:58:50.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Museums, Observations, People, Rome

Statue of Pyrrhus (318-272 BC) in the Capitoline Museums, 1st century AD. Of course you remember the expression "Pyrrhic victory", but it is not the military past of this commander and ruler, so important to the history of Greece, that I wish to draw your attention to, but his footwear. Is it not simply chic? Pyrrhus is so great and mighty that he can thrust his feet into the jaws of predators and adorn his ankles with their pelts

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_1702@24-08-2019_11-46-06.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_1703@24-08-2019_11-46-06.jpg)