Pyrrha and Deucalion, the sole survivors of Zeus's great flood, repopulated the earth by casting stones over their shoulders. Their son Hellen became the eponymous ancestor of all the Hellenic peoples.
Epimetheus took Pandora as his bride despite his brother Prometheus's warning never to accept gifts from Zeus. Their union produced Pyrrha, who would survive the great flood and help repopulate the earth.
After the floodwaters receded, Pyrrha and Deucalion's chest came to rest near Delphi on Mount Parnassus. It was at the oracle there that they received the command to cast stones and repopulate the earth.
Through her daughter Pyrrha and son-in-law Deucalion, Pandora became the ancestress of the renewed human race. The woman who brought suffering also produced the lineage that survived the flood.
Themis's oracle instructed Pyrrha and Deucalion to cast 'the bones of your mother' — the stones of Gaia, Mother Earth. The stones Pyrrha threw became women, repopulating the earth.
After the flood, Pyrrha and Deucalion consulted the oracle of Themis, who instructed them to cast 'the bones of your mother' behind them. Pyrrha correctly interpreted this as the stones of Mother Earth.
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