the wife of Epimetheus and mother of Pyrrha

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• Pyrrha — In Greek mythology, Pyrrha was the daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora and wife of Deucalion.When Zeus decided to end the Bronze Age with the great deluge, Deucalion and his wife, Pyrrha, were the only survivors. Even though he was imprisoned,… …   Wikipedia

• Deluge (mythology) — The story of a Great Flood (also known as the Deluge) sent by a deity or deities to destroy civilization as an act of divine retribution is a widespread theme among many cultural myths. Though it is best known in modern times through the Biblical …   Wikipedia

• List of Metamorphoses characters — Cover of George Sandys s 1632 edition of Ovid s Metamorphosis Englished This is a list of characters in the poem Metamorphoses by Ovid. It contains more than 200 characters, summaries of their roles, and information on where they appear. The… …   Wikipedia

• Ancient Greek flood myths — Greek mythology knows four floods, the sinking of Atlantis, the flood of Dardanus, the flood of Ogyges, and the flood of Deucalion. Two of these ended two of the Ages of Man: the Ogygian Deluge ended the Silver Age, and the flood of Deucalion… …   Wikipedia

• Deucalion — For other uses, see Deucalion (disambiguation). Deucalion from Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum In Greek mythology Deucalion (pronounced /dj …   Wikipedia

• Pandora — In Greek mythology, Pandora (from Greek: polytonic|Πανδώρα, giver of all, all endowed [ [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2377339 Pandora, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek English… …   Wikipedia