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Pyrrha, ae, and Pyrrhē, ēs, f., = Πύρρα.

  1. I. Daughter of Epimetheus, and wife of Deucalion, Ov. M. 1, 350 sq.; Hor. C. 1, 2, 6; Hyg. Fab. 153; Sen. Troad. 1039.
    Hence,
    1. B. Pyrrhaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pyrrha, Pyrrhæan: saxa, which Pyrrha and Deucalion flung behind them, Stat. Th. 8, 305.
  2. II. The name borne by Achilles when clothed as a girl, Hyg. Fab. 96; Sid. Carm. 9, 138.
  3. III. A city in Lesbos, with a harbor, now called Caloni, Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 2, 92, 94, § 206; 5, 31, 39, § 139.

Pyrrhus, i, m., = Πύρρος.

  1. I. Son of Achilles and Deïdamia (otherwise called Neoptolemus), founder of a kingdom in Epirus, slain at Delphi by Orestes, Just. 17, 3, 18; Verg. A. 2, 469; 526 sq.; Ov. H. 8, 3; Hyg. Fab. 97; 123; Dict. Cret. 4, 15.
      1. 2. Pyrrhi Castra, a place in Laconia, Liv. 35, 27; in Triphylia, id. 32, 13.
        Hence,
    1. B. Pyrrhĭdae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of the kingdom founded in Epirus by Pyrrhus, Just. 17, 3, 3.
  2. II. King of Epirus, about 280 B.C., an enemy of the Romans; on account of his descent from Achilles, called Aeacides (v. h. v.), Cic. Lael. 8, 28; id. Rep. 3, 28, 31; id. Fin. 2, 19, 61; id. Off. 1, 12, 38; 3, 22, 86; Hor. C. 3, 6, 35; Just. 35, 3 sqq.; Sil. 14, 94.