Pyrrhus (mythology)
In Nonnus's fifth-century AD epic poem the Dionysiaca, Pyrrhus () is a minor figure who was punished by the goddess Rhea for his assault of her. His short story is only mentioned in passing. Etymology 
The Greek proper name  means "fiery, red-coloured" and it is derived from the word  meaning fire, flame. It was especially used to denote red hair. In Mycenaean Greek the name is attested as pu-wo (Linear B: ). Mythology 
The little-known and otherwise unattested Pyrrhus was a mortal man from Phrygia who lusted after the goddess Rhea, the mother of the gods, and tried to assault her. Rhea changed him into a stone immediately for his hubris. This happened not far from the site of Niobe's own transformation into a rock after she challenged another goddess, Leto. Pyrrhus's transformation into stone is part of a wider typical theme where a man is punished for his lust that led him to assault a goddess, in this case Rhea. See also 

 Antigone of Troy
 Astynome
 Ixion
 Olenus

References

Bibliography 
 
 
 
  Online version at Perseus.tufts project. Nonnus, Dionysiaca; translated by Rouse, W H D, I Books I-XV. Loeb Classical Library No. 344, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1940. Internet Archive

Rhea (mythology)
Metamorphoses into inanimate objects in Greek mythology
Anatolian characters in Greek mythology
Mythological rapists