In Greek mythology, Pyrrha was Pandora’s daughter with Epimetheus and survived the great flood.
Pyrrha appears in later Greek myth as the wife of Deucalion, the son of Prometheus. Zeus sent a flood to destroy humanity, and Deucalion and Pyrrha survived by taking refuge in a chest or ark-like vessel. After the waters receded, they restored the human race by throwing stones behind them.
The stones became people: those thrown by Deucalion became men, while those thrown by Pyrrha became women. This episode explains the Greek word connection between laas, “stone,” and laos, “people,” in ancient mythic interpretation.
Pyrrha’s parentage links the flood story directly to Pandora. The genealogy varies across sources and later retellings, but Pandora and Epimetheus are commonly given as her parents. Deucalion and Pyrrha’s story is the Greek flood myth most closely associated with the survival and renewal of humanity.