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Deucalion (dy  kā`lēən), in Greek mythology, son of Prometheus and father of Hellen. When Zeus, angered by humanity's irreverence, flooded the earth, Deucalion, warned by Prometheus, survived by taking refuge with his wife, Pyrrha, in an ark. Later, an oracle told them to cast behind them the bones of their mother (i.e., the stones of the earth). From these stones sprang men and women who repopulated the world.Deucalion on Prometheus’ advice, survived flood in ark. [Gk. Myth.: Gaster, 84–85] See : Escape Deucalion survived Zeus’s flood in ark. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmer-man, 85] See : Rescue Deucalion survives flood that destroys human race. [Gk. Myth.: Howe, 80] See : Survival |
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From Prometheus and Pronoia sprang Deucalion and Pyrrha, the only survivors of the deluge, who had a son Hellen (frag. {152} Minos was father to Deucalion, whose son I am, for Deucalion had two sons Idomeneus and myself. Nevermore was he to return to wind-beaten Ilius, exulting in his chariot and his horses; ere he could do so, death of ill-omened name had overshadowed him and he had fallen by the spear of Idomeneus the noble son of Deucalion. |
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Deucalion
