Deucalion
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- Part of
- Deucalion and Pyrrha
- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Pyrrha
- Child
- Pandora
- Father
- Prometheus
- Sibling
- Phaedra
- Image
- Peter Paul Rubens - Deucalion and Pyrrha, 1636.jpg
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- name in native language
- Δευκαλίων
- Commons category
- Deucalion
- facet of
- deluge myth
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Deucalionids
- different from
- Deucalion
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Family
- Mythology
- Deluge accounts
- Variant stories
- Interpretation
- Mosaic accretions
- Dating by early scholars
- Notes
- Sources
- References
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thumb|Deucalion from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum
In Greek mythology, Deucalion (; or , or ) was the son of Prometheus; ancient sources name his mother as Clymene, Hesione, or Pronoia. He is closely connected with a flood myth in Greek mythology.
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