Deucalion
Americannoun
noun
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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
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
But, they reasoned, the gods’ oracles can seldom be accepted in a literal sense; and Deucalion, after due thought, explained to Pyrrha what he conceived to be the meaning of this mysterious command.
From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)
It is also probable that some event that had occurred in Thessaly, or rather in the region of Parnassus, determined the localization of the legend of Deucalion.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various
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