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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.
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 .
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, another name of Asterius, [6] came from Pella to join the Argonauts. He was the son of Hypso [7] and probably ...
Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha, after floating in the chest for nine days and nights, landed on Parnassus. An older version of the story told by Hellanicus has Deucalion's "ark" landing on Mount Othrys in Thessaly. Another account has him landing on a peak, probably Phouka, in Argolis, later called Nemea. When the rains ceased, he sacrificed to ...
The scholion, however, also states that "some say that Hellen was the son of Zeus by birth but was said to be the son of Deucalion", [6] leading M. L. West to consider Hellen's real father in the Catalogue to in fact be Zeus, and Deucalion only, in West's words, his "nominal father". [7]
Deucalion and Pyrrha were a couple in Greek mythology, the only male and female survivors of the Greek version of the flood myth, who repopulated Earth by throwing stones over their shoulders. In art [ edit ]
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In Greek mythology, Deucalionids or Deucalionides were the descendants of Ancient Greek progenitors Deucalion and Pyrrha. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.