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• Deucalion — [do͞o kāl′ē ən, dyo͞okāl′ē ən] n. [L < Gr Deukaliōn] Gr. Myth. a son of Prometheus: he and his wife, Pyrrha, were the only survivors of a great flood sent by Zeus …   English World dictionary

• Deucalion — For other uses, see Deucalion (disambiguation). Deucalion from Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum In Greek mythology Deucalion (pronounced /dj …   Wikipedia

• Deucalion of Crete — In Greek mythology, Deucalion, or Deukalion, was the king of Crete before his son Idomeneus succeeded him and led the kingdom into the Trojan War. He was the son of Minos, and the grandson of Zeus. Odysseus pretends to be his second son Aethon… …   Wikipedia

• Deucalion — /dooh kay lee euhn, dyooh /, n. Class. Myth. a son of Prometheus who survived the Deluge to regenerate the human race. * * * ▪ Greek mythology       in Greek legend, the Greek equivalent of Noah, the son of Prometheus (the creator of humankind),… …   Universalium

• DEUCALION —    son of Prometheus, who, with his wife Pyrrha, by means of an ark which he built, was saved from a flood which for nine days overwhelmed the land of Hellas. On the subsidence of the flood they consulted the oracle at Delphi as to re peopling… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Deucalion — Deu•ca•li•on [[t]duˈkeɪ li ən, dyu [/t]] n. myt (in Greek myth) a son of Prometheus who together with his wife, Pyrrha, survived a great flood and regenerated the human race …   From formal English to slang

• Deucalion — /djuˈkeɪliən/ (say dyooh kayleeuhn) noun Greek Legend a son of Prometheus. He survived the deluge with his wife Pyrrha, and became the ancestor of the renewed human race …  

• Pyrrha — In Greek mythology, Pyrrha was the daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora and wife of Deucalion.When Zeus decided to end the Bronze Age with the great deluge, Deucalion and his wife, Pyrrha, were the only survivors. Even though he was imprisoned,… …   Wikipedia

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