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Pyrene (mythology)
In
Greek mythology
,
Pyrene
may
refer
to:
Pyrene,
daughter
of
King
Bebrycius
and a
lover
of
Heracles
. She
bore
a
serpent
and became so
terrified
that she
fled
to the
woods
where she
died
. Heracles created a
tomb
for her by
piling
up
rocks
thus
forming
the
mountain range
of the
Pyrenees
, named after her.
Pyrene, also called
Pelopia
,
mother of
Cycnus
with
Ares
.
