What was Pandora’s daughter called in later Greek myth?

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In later Greek myth, Pandora’s daughter is called Pyrrha.

Pyrrha is presented as the child of Pandora and Epimetheus in genealogical traditions that expand the older Pandora story. She becomes the wife of Deucalion, the son of Prometheus, and the pair are the principal survivors of a catastrophic flood sent by Zeus in a later Greek creation narrative.

After the flood, Deucalion and Pyrrha ask how humanity can be restored. An oracle instructs them to throw the “bones of their mother” behind them. They understand this as the stones of Earth, and the stones thrown by Deucalion become men, while those thrown by Pyrrha become women. The episode offers a mythic explanation for the rebirth of humankind.

The genealogy is not part of every early version of Pandora’s story, so it is best described as a later or broader mythological tradition. Pyrrha should also be distinguished from other mythic figures with the same name, including Pyrrha of Thessaly in variant genealogies.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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