Pyrrha is a mortal woman who played a huge role in Greek mythology<\/a>. Not only does she have a very infamous mother, she also is responsible, along with her husband, for repopulating the entire earth after humanity was destroyed by Zeus. She and her husband, Deucalion, were the king and queen of Phthia, which was an ancient Grecian city in the region of Thessaly.<\/p>\n Her name comes from the Greek word purrhos, which means “flame colored,” or simply “red.” Ancient writers of Greek mythology describe Pyrrha as being red haired, hence her name. Being named for a physical characteristic is very common in Greek mythology, and nearly every character’s name has a meaning.<\/p>\n The story of Pyrrha is the Greek mythological equivalent to the Biblical story of Noah and the Ark. In fact, mythologies from all over the world include variations of story of a great flood. All of the flood myths have the same four characteristics in common: a warning of the coming flood, a boat, a single all-encompassing world flood, and a preservation of animals.<\/p>\n The Greeks believed that Zeus, the king of the gods<\/a>, determined that in order to end the Age of Bronze he would wipe out all of humanity with a flood. The Age of Bronze was actually the pantheon’s third time creating humans. The first two ages of man were also destroyed by Zeus for various reasons. This time, the humans in the Age of Bronze displeased Zeus because they were so warlike. The Age of Bronze was named for the bronze armour that soldiers wore.<\/p>\n When Prometheus<\/a>, one of the Titans<\/a>, saw into the future and learned about Zeus’s plan, he warned his son, Deucalion. Prometheus told Deucalion and his wife, Pyrrha, to build an ark in order to survive. When the waters finally receded, Deucalion and Pyrrha found that they had landed on Mt. Parnassus (in Greece) and that they were the only two humans who had survived.<\/p>\n While the bulk of Pyrhha’s role in Greek mythology comes from the flood story, she is on her own still a character of importance. Her father was the Titan Epimetheus<\/a>, and her mother was Pandora<\/a>. Pandora is famous for being the first mortal woman told about in Greek mythology. She is the one who opened the infamous box<\/a>, which released all kinds of evil and diseases into the world. While Pandora was created by the god Hephaestus<\/a>, Pyrhha would have been one of the first naturally born human females.<\/p>\nPyrrha and the Great Flood<\/h3>\n
Pyrrha’s Origin<\/h3>\n
Repopulation of the Earth<\/h3>\n