In Greek mythology, which mortal woman is traditionally identified as Pandora’s daughter?

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In Greek mythology, Pyrrha is traditionally identified as Pandora’s daughter.

Pyrrha is best known as the wife of Deucalion, the son of Prometheus. In later Greek mythology, Zeus sends a great flood, and Deucalion and Pyrrha survive by taking refuge in a chest or ark-like vessel. After the flood, they repopulate the earth by throwing stones behind them; the stones become people.

Some ancient genealogical traditions identify Pyrrha as the daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora. This connects the flood survivors to the earlier myth of Pandora, although the relationship belongs to later mythic traditions rather than the central episode in Hesiod’s Works and Days.

Pyrrha should not be confused with Pandora herself. Pandora belongs to the generation connected with Prometheus and Epimetheus, while Pyrrha belongs to the next generation and becomes an important figure in the Greek flood story.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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