Pyrrha

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Pyrrha, ae, and Pyrrhē, ēs, f., = Πύρρα.

I Daughter of Epimetheus , and wife of Deucalion , Ov. M. 1, 350 sq.; Hor. C. 1, 2, 6; Hyg. Fab. 153; Sen. Troad. 1039. — Hence,

B Pyrrhaeus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pyrrha , Pyrrhaean : saxa, which Pyrrha and Deucalion flung behind them , Stat. Th. 8, 305. —

II The name borne by Achilles when clothed as a girl , Hyg. Fab. 96; Sid. Carm. 9, 138.—

III A city in Lesbos , with a harbor , now called Caloni , Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 2, 92, 94, § 206; 5, 31, 39, § 139.

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