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Pyrrha

/ ˈpɪrə /

noun

  1. Greek myth the wife of Deucalion, saved with him from the flood loosed upon mankind by Zeus


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From Miletus to Pyrrha, in a straight line by sea, is 30 stadia; so much longer is the journey by sailing near the land.

All the stones that fell from the hands of Deucalion turned into men, and those that Pyrrha dropped became women.

From the agency of Deucalion and Pyrrha, the human race took a new commencement after the Deluge.

Deucalion and Pyrrha, therefore, went slowly down the mountain, throwing the stones behind them.

I think the case of female Pieris pyrrha proves that females alone can be greatly modified for protection.

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