hellen was the son of deucalion and pyrrha.
hellen was the son of deucalion and pyrrha.
who is the son of deucalion and pyrrha?
hellen
the repeated use of the introductory phrase "or such as ..." implies an initial "such as ...", and it is likely that this first woman treated was pyrrha, wife of deucalion. there is some debate about whether the "catalogue" included an account of the flood myth, but the creation of a race of humans born from stones cast by deucalion and pyrrha does appear to have figured in the poem. zeus unsurprisingly had first pick from the catalogue of women, and sired hellen by pyrrha. pyrrha also had three daughters by deucalion: thyia, protogeneia and pandora, who was named for her maternal grandmother, the famous pandora. like their mother, these three lay with zeus, bearing sons from whom several early greek tribes were said to descend. thyia bore magnes and macedon; protogeneia bore aethlius, the grandfather of aetolus; and pandora's son was graecus.
catalogue of women
the story of deucalion and pyrrha is also retold in the roman poet ovid’s famous collection "metamorphoses". in this retelling, jove (the roman equivalent of zeus) takes pity on the couple, recognizing them to be devout worshipers. he parts the clouds and ends the deluge specifically to save deucalion and pyrrha, who are floating aimlessly on a raft. when the storm has cleared and the waters have subsided, deucalion and pyrrha are taken aback by the desolate wreckage of the land, and understand that they are now responsible for repopulating the earth. confused on how to carry out their destiny, they go to see the goddess themis. themis tells pyrrha that she must cast the bones of her mother to successfully reproduce. pyrrha is distraught at the idea of desecrating her mother’s honor by digging up her bones, but deucalion correctly reasons that themis is referring to great mother earth, as themis would never advise someone to commit a crime. both pyrrha and deucalion throw a stone over their shoulder – pyrrha’s turning into a woman, deucalion’s turning into a man.
pyrrha of thessaly