Pyrrha, a
Theban princess as the younger daughter of King
Creon[2] probably by his wife
Eurydice[3] or
Henioche.[4] Besides her older sister
Megara, Pyrrha has three brothers with the names:
Menoeceus (
Megareus),
Lycomedes and
Haemon. She was married by her father to
Iphicles, the son of
Amphitryon, who was previously wedded to
Automedusa, daughter of
Alcathous. By Iphicles, Pyrrha became the mother of two unknown children who were later on thrown into the fire by
Heracles during the hero's fit of madness.[5] Together with her sister, Henioche, they were statues erected for them near the temple of
IsmenianApollo in Thebes.[6]
Pyrrha, possibly the name used by
Achilles while hiding as a maid among the daughters of King
Lycomedes of
Skyros.[7]
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.
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