Deucalion

American  

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

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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Example Sentences

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 Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)

This Deluge of Deucalion is in Grecian tradition what most resembles a universal Deluge.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various