Lewis & Short

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

  1. 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,
    1. B. Pyrrhaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pyrrha, Pyrrhæan: saxa, which Pyrrha and Deucalion flung behind them, Stat. Th. 8, 305.
  2. II. The name borne by Achilles when clothed as a girl, Hyg. Fab. 96; Sid. Carm. 9, 138.
  3. III. A city in Lesbos, with a harbor, now called Caloni, Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 2, 92, 94, § 206; 5, 31, 39, § 139.