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Pyrrho

A sceptic. Pyrrho was the founder of the sceptical school of philosophy. He was a native of Elis, in Peloponnesos.

Blessed be the day I'scaped the wrangling crew
From Pyrrho's maze and Epicurus' sty.

Beattie: Minstrel.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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