The Molossians were a group of ancient Greek tribes which inhabited the region of Epirus in classical antiquity. Together with the Chaonians and the Thesprotians, they formed the main tribal groupings of the northwestern Greek group.

What does the word molossus mean?

1 plural molossi\ -​äˌsī \, classical prosody : a foot of three long syllables. 2 capitalized [New Latin, from Latin, Molossian, from Greek (kyōn) Molossos, literally, Molossian dog] : a genus of mastiff bats that is the type of the family Molossidae.

Who became the king of the Molossians?

The 2 kings' cooperation went smoothly at first, but after Neoptolemus' failed attempt to wipe him out, Pyrrhus murdered Neoptolemus and became the one and only Molossian king. With the second and final return of Pyrrhus to the continental throne, his glorious path begins.