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Not really. A Pyrrhic victory is one where you win, but your losses are so devastating that the victory is about as good as a defeat.

The Sacking of Troy was not a Pyrrhic victory. The achaeans massacred a great deal of the population of Troy, and the remaining defenders were still eliminated.

Helen's husband was killed and she was taken. Antenor and his family were spared due to giving hospitality to Melaneus and Oddyseus when they asked for the return of Helen.

The greeks then burned the city and divided the spoils. Cassandra was given to Agamenon, Neoptolemos got Andromache, Hector's wife, and Oddyseus got Hecuba, Priam's wife, with Priam himself having been killed by Neoptolemus.

Neoptolemus also sacrificed Polyxena on Achilles's grave as demanded by his ghost.

Overall, it's not a Pyrrhic victory at all.