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Of Deucalion's birth, the Argonautica [7] (from the 3rd century BC) stated: . There [in Achaea, i.e. Greece] is a land encircled by lofty mountains, rich in sheep and in pasture, where Prometheus, son of Iapetus, begat goodly Deucalion, who first founded cities and reared temples to the immortal gods, and first ruled over men.
The Titan Prometheus advised his son Deucalion to build a chest. All other men perished except for a few who escaped to high mountains. The mountains in Thessaly were parted, and all the world beyond the Isthmus and Peloponnese was overwhelmed. Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha, after floating in the chest for nine days and nights, landed on Parnassus.
Deucalion, son of Zeus and Iodame, daughter of Itonus. [2] He was the brother of Thebe who became the wife of Ogygus. [3] Deucalion, son of Minos and Pasiphae, and apparently succeeded his older brother Catreus as King of Crete, father of Idomeneus. [4] Deucalion, a soldier Achilles kills in the Iliad to avenge the death of Patroclus. [5]
Deucalion was the eldest son of Minos either by Pasiphae or Crete and thus grandson of Zeus. He was the brother of Acacallis , Ariadne , Androgeus , Xenodice , Phaedra , Glaucus and Catreus . By Cleopatra , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Deucalion fathered Idomeneus who succeeded him and led the kingdom into the Trojan War .
The De Virga world map was made by Albertinus de Virga between 1411 and 1415. Albertin de Virga, a Venetian, is also known for a 1409 map of the Mediterranean, also made in Venice. The world map is circular, drawn on a piece of parchment 69.6 cm × 44 cm (27.4 in × 17.3 in). It consists of the map itself, about 44 cm (17 in) in diameter, and ...
In Greek mythology, the Locrians were the descendants of Locrus, great-grandson of Deucalion and Pyrrha, the founders of the Greek race. According to some traditions, Deucalion was a native of the Locrian city of Opus, [6] thus the Locrians are said to have been the first tribe to be called "Hellenes".
In Greek mythology, Deucalionids or Deucalionides were the descendants of Ancient Greek progenitors Deucalion and Pyrrha. Subcategories.
According to the Byzantine author John the Lydian (c. AD 490 – 565), Hesiod, in his Catalogue of Women, states that Graecus is the son of Zeus and Pandora, daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha, and says, in addition, that he has a brother, Latinus. [1]