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In Greek mythology, Pyrrha (/ ˈ p ɪ r ə /; Ancient Greek: Πύῤῥα, romanized: Pýrrha) was the daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora and wife of Deucalion of whom she had three sons, Hellen, Amphictyon, Orestheus; and three daughters Protogeneia, Pandora and Thyia.
Of Deucalion's birth, the Argonautica [7] (from the 3rd century BC) stated: . There [in Achaea, i.e. Greece] is a land encircled by lofty mountains, rich in sheep and in pasture, where Prometheus, son of Iapetus, begat goodly Deucalion, who first founded cities and reared temples to the immortal gods, and first ruled over men.
Pyrrha, wife of Deucalion. [1] Pyrrha, a Theban princess as the younger daughter of King Creon [2] probably by his wife Eurydice [3] or Henioche. [4] Besides her older sister Megara, Pyrrha has three brothers with the names: Menoeceus , Lycomedes and Haemon.
According to a scholion on Plato's Symposium citing Hellanicus (fl. late fifth century BC), Hellen "was born to Deukalion and Pyrrha, or according to some, to Zeus and Pyrrha", and was the father, by "Othreis", of Dorus, Xuthus, Aeolus, and in addition a daughter, named Xenopatra. [13]
Young man from Babylon who is the boyfriend of Thisbe whom he is not allowed to marry. IV: 55-163 [209] Pyreneus: A tyrant who chases the muses. V: 274 [210] Pyrrha: Daughter of Epimetheus (the brother of Prometheus) and wife of her cousin Deucalion. I: 319-395 [211] Pythagoras: Ionian philosopher and mathematician from Samos. He is described ...
Odes 1.5, also known as Ad Pyrrham ('To Pyrrha'), or by its incipit, Quis multa gracilis te puer in rosa, is one of the Odes of Horace. The poem is written in one of the Asclepiadic metres [ 1 ] and is of uncertain date; not after 23 BC.
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It was generally a term of affection and literally means "Ganymede" in Latin, but it was also used as a term of insult when directed toward a grown man. [2] The word derives from the proper noun Catamitus , the Latinized form of Ganymede, the name of the beautiful Trojan youth abducted by Zeus to be his companion and cupbearer, according to ...