According to later Greek myth, who was Pandora’s daughter?

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According to later Greek myth, Pandora’s daughter was Pyrrha. Pyrrha was traditionally the child of Pandora and Epimetheus, the couple associated with the story of the opened jar.

Pyrrha is better known through the Greek flood myth. She and her husband Deucalion survive a catastrophic flood sent by Zeus and become the ancestors of a renewed human race. In one version, they repopulate the earth by throwing stones behind them; the stones become people.

This family connection is not the central focus of Hesiod’s original account of Pandora. The earliest surviving versions concentrate on Pandora’s creation, her marriage to Epimetheus, and the release of suffering from the jar. Genealogical details involving Pyrrha belong to later mythographic traditions, so she should not be confused with Pandora herself or with Deucalion’s mother, Pronoia, in traditions that give Deucalion a different lineage.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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