Jump to content

Pyrrha (mythology)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In Greek mythology, Pyrrha (/ˈpɪrə/; Ancient Greek: Πύρρα) may refer to the following women:

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ Apollodorus, 1.7.2
  2. ^ Pyrrha was unnamed in Apollodorus, 2.4.11 but was only hinted as the younger daughter of Creon
  3. ^ Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 83 & Scholia on Homer, Iliad 14. 323
  4. ^ Sophocles, Antigone 1180, 1300 and passim
  5. ^ Unknown writer, Megara 41-55
  6. ^ Pausanias, 9.10.3.
  7. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 96.

References

[edit]
  • Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • Hesiod, Shield of Heracles from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
  • Sophocles, The Antigone of Sophocles edited with introduction and notes by Sir Richard Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1893. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Sophocles, Sophocles. Vol 1: Oedipus the king. Oedipus at Colonus. Antigone. With an English translation by F. Storr. The Loeb classical library, 20. Francis Storr. London; New York. William Heinemann Ltd.; The Macmillan Company. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.