Pyrrha_(mythology)

Pyrrha (mythology)

Pyrrha (mythology)

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For other uses, see Pyrrha (disambiguation).

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

Notes

  1. [1]
    Apollodorus, 1.7.2
  2. [2]
    Pyrrha was unnamed in Apollodorus, 2.4.11 but was only hinted as the younger daughter of Creon
  3. [3]
    Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 83 & Scholia on Homer, Iliad 14. 323
  4. [4]
    Sophocles, Antigone 1180, 1300 and passim
  5. [5]
    Unknown writer, Megara 41-55
  6. [6]
    Pausanias, 9.10.3.
  7. [7]
    Hyginus, Fabulae 96.

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.
  • 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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