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

Stoaes taken from it, as Themis had enjoined, were used by Deucalion and Pyrrha to repeople the world which had been destroyed by a flood.

From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas

If the report be true, which, however, we cannot affirm, this would be a very singular agreement with one of the distinctive features of the Greek story of Deucalion and Pyrrha.

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