Deucalion - Mythology.
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Deucalion - Mythology. Greek A son of Prometheus, the
Titan champion of humankind. Prometheus warned
Deucalion that Zeus was so angry with the evils of
humanity that he was plotting its annihilation. Deucalion,
the Greek equivalent of the Old Testament's
Noah, built an ark. After nine days of rain, the ark
landed safely on Mount Parnassus. Deucalion and
his wife, Pyrrha, gave sacrifice to Zeus. The spirit
of the Titan Themis told them to repeople the Earth.
This they did by casting stones (the bones of Gaia)
behind them. Those cast by Pyrrha became women;
those cast by Deucalion became men. Hellen, the
eldest son, was the patriarch of the race of Hellenes,
later called the Greeks.
Scholars say that the deluge in this myth is undoubtedly
the same as the flood quoted in the Old Testament
and the Gilgamesh epic of Babylon, and reflects a dim
memory common to the peoples of the Mediterranean.
Deucalion - Mythology. Greek A son of Prometheus, the
Titan champion of humankind. Prometheus warned
Deucalion that Zeus was so angry with the evils of
humanity that he was plotting its annihilation. Deucalion,
the Greek equivalent of the Old Testament's
Noah, built an ark. After nine days of rain, the ark
landed safely on Mount Parnassus. Deucalion and
his wife, Pyrrha, gave sacrifice to Zeus. The spirit
of the Titan Themis told them to repeople the Earth.
This they did by casting stones (the bones of Gaia)
behind them. Those cast by Pyrrha became women;
those cast by Deucalion became men. Hellen, the
eldest son, was the patriarch of the race of Hellenes,
later called the Greeks.
Scholars say that the deluge in this myth is undoubtedly
the same as the flood quoted in the Old Testament
and the Gilgamesh epic of Babylon, and reflects a dim
memory common to the peoples of the Mediterranean.
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- From Bulfinch's Mythology: Apollo and Hyacinthus - anthology.
- Mythology.
- Demophon - Mythology.
- Prometheus UnboundAuthor's PrefacePercy Bysshe ShelleyThe Greek tragic writers, in selecting as their subject any portion of their nationalhistory or mythology, employed in their treatment of it a certain arbitrary discretion.