Pyrrha (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Pyrrha may refer to the following women:
- Pyrrha, wife of Deucalion.
- Pyrrha, the younger daughter of Creon, king of Thebes, probably by his wife Eurydice or Henioche. Besides her older sister Megara, Pyrrha has three brothers with the names: Menoeceus, Lycomedes and Haemon. She was married by her father to Iphicles, the son of Amphitryon, who was previously wedded to Automedusa, daughter of Alcathous. By Iphicles, Pyrrha became the mother of two unknown children who were later on thrown by Heracles during his fit of madness into the fire. Together with her sister, Henioche, there were statues erected for them near the temple of Ismenian Apollo in Thebes.
- Pyrrha, possibly the name used by Achilles while hiding as a maid among the daughters of King Lycomedes of Skyros'.
