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Pyrrha
/ ˈpɪrə /
noun
Greek myth the wife of Deucalion, saved with him from the flood loosed upon mankind by Zeus
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They were Deucalion and Pyrrha—he Prometheus’ son, and she his niece, the daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora.
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Pyrrha said, “We dare not do such a thing.”
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Pyrrha and Deucalion came down from Parnassus, the only living creatures in a dead world.
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It depicts the Greek legend of Deucalion and Pyrrha, who repopulated the earth after a flood.
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Lombardo’s take on it begins: “What slender boy has you bedded on roses/ and, oiled and scented, urges you on/ in some pleasant cave, Pyrrha?”
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