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Deucalion


Deu·ca·li·on

D0174400 (do͞o-kā′lē-ən, dyo͞o-)n. Greek Mythology A son of Prometheus who with his wife, Pyrrha, built an ark and floated in it to survive the deluge sent by Zeus. The couple became the ancestors of the renewed human race.

Deucalion

(djuːˈkeɪlɪən) n (Classical Myth & Legend) the son of Prometheus and, with his wife Pyrrha, the only survivor on earth of a flood sent by Zeus (Deucalion's flood). Together, they were allowed to repopulate the world by throwing stones over their shoulders, which became men and women

Deu•ca•li•on

(duˈkeɪ li ən, dyu-)

n. (in Greek myth) a son of Prometheus who together with his wife, Pyrrha, survived a great flood and regenerated the human race.

Deucalion


Deucalion

(dyo͞okā`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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