Deucalion

American  

[doo-key-lee-uhn, dyoo-] / duˈkeɪ li ən, dju- /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a son of Prometheus who survived the Deluge to regenerate the human race.

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Deucalion British  

/ djuːˈkeɪlɪən /

noun

1. 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

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Deucalion

Deucalion was forced to agree that she was right, but he tried to think out what might lie behind the words and suddenly he saw their meaning.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Pyrrha and Deucalion came down from Parnassus, the only living creatures in a dead world.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

They were Deucalion and Pyrrha—he Prometheus’ son, and she his niece, the daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Other mythologists, in treating of the deluvian myths, state that Deucalion and Pyrrha took refuge in an ark, which, after sailing about for many days, was stranded on the top of Mount Parnassus.

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline) Guerber

Lycurgus, Numa, Ion and Deucalion, alike sanctified men, by prayers and oaths and divinations and oracles bringing them into touch with the divine in their hopes and fears.

From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by T. R. (Terrot Reaveley) Glover