Pyrrha (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Pyrrha (/ˈpɪrə/; Ancient Greek: Πύρρα) may refer to the following women:

• Pyrrha, wife of Deucalion.^[1]
• Pyrrha, a
  Alcathous. By Iphicles, Pyrrha became the mother of two unknown children who were later on thrown into the fire by Heracles during the hero's fit of madness.^[5] Together with her sister, Henioche, they were statues erected for them near the temple of Ismenian Apollo in Thebes.^[6]
• Pyrrha, possibly the name used by
  Lycomedes of Skyros.^[7]

References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Hesiod, Shield of Heracles from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Sophocles, The Antigone of Sophocles edited with introduction and notes by Sir Richard Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1893. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Sophocles, Sophocles. Vol 1: Oedipus the king. Oedipus at Colonus. Antigone. With an English translation by F. Storr. The Loeb classical library, 20. Francis Storr. London; New York. William Heinemann Ltd.; The Macmillan Company. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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