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

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

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

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

The general opinion pronounced the former the most ancient, placing it 600 or 250 years before that of Deucalion.

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

The generality of people, he says, tell us that the founder of the temple was Deucalion Sisythes, that Deucalion in whose time the great inundation occurred.

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