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ID: 901000552
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000552
Record Type: Character/Person

Pyrrha (Greek character)

Note: Daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora and wife of Deucalion.

Names:
Pyrrha (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Πύρρα (Greek character) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Pyrrha (Greek character) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Flood of Deucalion
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek narratives, Flood of Deucalion (Greek narrative)) [901001940]
consort/spouse of .... Deucalion
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Deucalion (Greek character)) [901000551]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... legendary character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Pyrrha (Greek character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 91E71 Deucalion and Pyrrha build an ark
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Πύρρα (Greek character)
................Wikipedia (2000-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/1138/fontana-workshop-possibly-orazio-fontana-or-possibly-flaminio-fontana-basin-with-deucalion-and-pyrrha-italian-about-1565-1575/
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Deucalion," accessed 10 July 2017

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