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Deucalion from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum. In Greek mythology, Deucalion (/ dj uː ˈ k eɪ l i ən /; Greek: Δευκαλίων) was the son of Prometheus; ancient sources name his mother as Clymene, Hesione, or Pronoia. He is closely connected with a flood myth in Greek mythology.
Deucalion and Pyrrha also had two children, Hellen and Protogenea. Other sources mention Pandora the Second and Thyia as being their children as well. The myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha is a version of the Biblical Flood, as well as the Sumerian Flood that is mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh; Deucalion thus is the Greek counterpart of the Biblical Noah and the Sumerian Utnapishtim.
Deucalion, in Greek legend, the Greek equivalent of Noah, the son of Prometheus (the creator of humankind), king of Phthia in Thessaly, and husband of Pyrrha; he was also the father of Hellen, the mythical ancestor of the Hellenic race. When Zeus, the king of the gods, resolved to destroy all.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Jul 5, 2023 · Deucalion was the son of Prometheus and Pyrrha, and the survivor of a flood sent by Zeus to destroy humanity. He and Pyrrha repopulated the earth by throwing stones that turned into people, and were ancestors of the Hellenes.
DEUKALION (Deucalion) and PYRRHA were the first king and queen of the northern reaches of Greece--Opountian Lokris (Opuntian Locris), Malis, Phthiotis and Thessalia (Thessaly). Deukalion was the son of Prometheus, creator of mankind, and Pyrrha the daughter of Pandora, the first woman.
Deucalion was a son of Prometheus and a king of Thessaly in Greek mythology. He survived the Great Flood with his wife Pyrrha and became the ancestor of many peoples and heroes.
Apr 2, 2022 · Learn about Deucalion, the son of Prometheus, who survived the flood sent by Zeus and created a new human race with his wife Pyrrha. Discover the similarities and differences between the Greek myth and other flood stories from around the world.
