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 Pyrodes (3 syl.),Pyr’rhic Dance, 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Pyrrha.
 
Sæculum Pyrrhœ. The Flood. Pyrrha was the wife of Deucalion (Horace: 1 Odes, ii. 6). So much rain has fallen, it looks as if the days of Pyrrha were about to return.   1
 


 Pyrodes (3 syl.),Pyr’rhic Dance, 

 
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