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

• Pyrrha, wife ofDeucalion.^[1]
• Pyrrha, aTheban princess as the younger daughter of KingCreon^[2] probably by his wifeEurydice^[3] orHenioche.^[4] Besides her older sisterMegara, Pyrrha has three brothers with the names:Menoeceus (Megareus),Lycomedes andHaemon. She was married by her father toIphicles, the son ofAmphitryon, who was previously wedded toAutomedusa, daughter ofAlcathous. By Iphicles, Pyrrha became the mother of two unknown children who were later thrown into the fire byHeracles during the hero's fit of madness.^[5] Together with her sister, Henioche, they erected statues for them near the temple ofIsmenianApollo in Thebes.^[6]
• Pyrrha, possibly the name used byAchilles while hiding as a maid among the daughters of KingLycomedes ofSkyros.^[7]

• 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 fromThe 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.
• Pausanias,Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.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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