Deucalion

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Deucalion
(Guillaume Rouillé, 1553)

Deukalion ( ancient Greek Δευκαλίων Deukalíōn , Latin Deucalion ) is the son of Prometheus and Pronoia ("precaution") in Greek mythology . He was king of Thessaly and lived in Kymos in the Phthiotis . His wife Pyrrha and his son Hellen were also buried here. Deucalion built the first temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens and was buried near it after his death.

Etymology and meaning

Deucalion is assigned the same role as the biblical Noah and the Sumerian Utnapishtim from the Epic of Gilgamesh . The origin of the name is not absolutely certain: one version is the derivation from the Boeotic form for Zeus ( Ζεύς ): Dyēus ( Δ (υ) εύς ) and kâlon ( κᾶλον (from * καϝελον ) "combustible (wood), ship"; from καίειν "Burn, light"). Another version sees the name as a Greek equivalent of the Indian Kali-Yuga . The name of his wife Pyrrha comes from the adjective pyrrhós, -á, -ón (πυρρός, ά, όν "flaming (transferred), flame-colored").

Deucalionic flood

Deucalion and Pyrrha
(book illustration by Virgil Solis for Ovid's Metamorphoses , 1562)

Because of the depravity of the people, Zeus decided to end the Bronze Age with a great flood (the Deucalionic Flood ). Above all, the sons of Lykaon are said to have brought him to this decision.

Prometheus had ordered his son to build a ship ( ἡ κιβοτός "the box"). When it began to rain, Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha got into the box. All of Greece was flooded, after nine days and nine nights, when the tide was over, the couple landed on the Parnassos , according to other tradition on the Othrys . The righteous Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha were the only survivors. In the library of Apollodorus it is reported that other people who had escaped to the mountains also survived.

Deucalion asked the oracle of Themis what should be done to repopulate the earth (according to another source, Zeus himself gave him the order). He was advised to "throw his mother's bones over his shoulder". At first appalled by this outrage , they then understood the “mother” as Gaia (“mother earth”) and the “bones” as rocks; so they threw stones over their shoulders. It became people, a new human race, "a hard sex, experienced in tribulation". Pyrrha's stones became women and Deucalion became men.

In Hierapolis Bambyke , according to Lukian of Samosata , there was a throat under the temple of Dea Syria , which was supposed to be a remnant of the Deucalionic flood. According to tradition, Deucalion himself built the first temple here.

According to the Parian Chronicle , the Deucalionic Flood occurred in 1529/8 BC. When Kranaos was king of Athens.

Descendants of Deucalion

Deucalion had at least five children with Pyrrha , Protogeneia , Hellen (the progenitor of the Hellenes ), Graikos, Thyia and Orestheus and possibly a sixth, Amphictyon .

The following family tree based on Hesiod's theogony around 700 BC BC puts Deucalion in the center. He and his direct ancestors are written in bold , the large lines with the ancestors are also highlighted.

  • The first gods, the Protogonoi, are marked with the + symbol, the chaos with ++ .
  • The following generations are indented and supplemented with a preceding → arrow pointing to the right.
  • In addition, each level, e.g. B. Uranus's grandchildren, highlighted in color and marked with → ² →.
  • The color scale for each generation follows the rainbow.
  • Siblings and cousins ​​have the same color.
  • The symbol ∞ connects father and mother as two partners, the slash / means “or”, ie a second name.

Single duplications are intended, e.g. For example, Hesperides appear over two branches, with Phorkys, god of the sea, and with Altlas.

  • ++ the chaos , a complete disorder is in the beginning
  • + Gaia is a Protogonos , i.e. a divine embodiment of the original principles
  • Uranos and the titans rule the world in the origin
  • → Iapetos plus all sons or daughters of Uranus can be found in this first level
  • → ² → Prometheus and all of Uranus' grandchildren are on a second level
  • → ² → → Deucalion , the great-grandson of Uranus, is in the third level
  • → ² → → ⁴ → Hellen is a descendant of Uranos in the fourth level
  • → ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ Aiolos , the great "progenitor" of the Greeks, is in the fifth level
  • → ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Kalyke , a daughter of Aiolos is in the sixth level, counting from Uranus
  • → ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Endymion , son of the Kalyke in the Seventh
  • → ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Aitolus , son of Endymion, in the 8th level
  • → ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → Kalydon , son of Aitolus, is on the ninth level
  • → ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → ¹⁰ → Epicaste , wife of Agenor , the 10th
  • → ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → ¹⁰ → → Porthaon the 11th
  • → ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → ¹⁰ → → ¹² → Oineus the twelfth
  • → ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → ¹⁰ → → ¹² → → Deïaneira , wife of Heracles , in the 13th level
  • → ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → ¹⁰ → → ¹² → → ¹⁴ → Hyllos , cousin of Diomedes , fights against Troy , the 14th generation after Uranus
  • → ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → ¹⁰ → → ¹² → → ¹⁴ → → Telemachus , son of Odysseus , the 15th
  • → ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → ¹⁰ → → ¹² → → ¹⁴ → → ¹⁶ → the 16th level is the beginning of Roman mythology
  • → ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → ¹⁰ → → ¹² → → ¹⁴ → → ¹⁶ → → the 17th
Surname Partner Note
++ chaos complete mess 1
+ Nyx personalized night 4th
Hesperides Nymphs 5
Ker violent death 6th
Moros God of doom 7th
Thanatos a god of the dead 8th
Hypnos God of sleep 9
Oneiroi embodies dreams 10
Momos personified blame 11
Moiren three goddesses of fate 12
→ Clotho the madwoman 13
→ Lachesis the allocator 14th
→ Atropos the inevitable 15th
Nemesis justice 16
Apate Deception and fraud 17th
Philotes friendship 18th
Geras the old age 19th
Eris Discord and strife 20th
Oizys Misery and misery 21st
+ Erebos ∞ Nyx personified darkness 23
Aither the upper sky 24
Hemera personalized day 25th
+ Eros covetous love 26th
+ Tartaros ∞ Gaia World under Hades 27
Typhon ghastly monster 28
+ Gaia various personified earth 29
Ourea personified mountains 30th
→ Etna Sicily 3323 m 31
→ Athos Greece 2033 m 32
→ Helicon Boeotia 1748 m 33
→ Nysus 40
→ Oreios Thessaly 1726 m 34
→ Parnes Attica 1413 m 35
→ Olymp Macedonia 2918 m 36
→ Tmolos Asia Minor 37
Pontus ∞ Gaia Sea deity 39
→ Nereus ∞ Doris wise god of the sea 40
→ ² → Nereids 50 daughters 41
→ Thaumas ∞ Ozomene / Electra Sea god 42
→ ² → Aello Harpy, Wind Bride 44
→ ² → Okypete Harpy, fast-winged 45
→ ² → Podarge Harpy, quick-footed 46
→ ² → Kelaino Harpy, the dark one 47
→ ² → Iris ∞ Zephyr Rainbow 48
→ ² → Arke Twin of the iris 49
→ Keto ∞ Phorkys Sea goddess , whale 50
→ Phorkys ∞ Keto Sea god 51
→ ² → Stheno Gorgon , mighty 52
→ ² → Euryale Gorgon , jump far 53
→ ² → Medusa Gorgon , mortal 54
→ ² → Pemphredo Gray , a gray 55
→ ² → Enyo Gray , a gray 56
→ ² → Deino Gray , a gray 57
→ ² → Echidna ∞ Typhon unspeakable monster 58
→ ² → → Orthos Dog with two heads 59
→ ² → → Kerberos at the entrance to the underworld 60
→ ² → → Hydra regrowing heads 61
→ ² → → Chimera Hybrid creatures , breathing fire 62
→ ² → → Nemean lion invulnerable in Argolida 63
→ ² → → Phaia Wild boar near Corinth 64
→ ² → → ⁴ → Calydonian boar with bristles like skewers 65
→ ² → → ⁴ → Erymanthic boar in Arcadia 66
→ ² → → Aithon huge eagle 67
→ ² → Ladon guards golden apples 68
→ ² → Scylla Sea monsters 69
→ ² → Hesperides 3–7 nymphs 70
→ ² → Thoosa ∞ Poseidon Sea nymph 71
→ ² → → Polyphem Cyclops 72
→ Eurybia ∞ Kreios with a heart of steel 73
Uranus ∞ Gaia first born 105
→ Briareos Hundred armed man 106
→ Gyges Hundred armed man 107
→ Kottos Hundred armed man 108
→ Brontes Cyclops 109
→ Steropes Cyclops 110
→ Arges Cyclops 111
→ giants fight Olympians 112
→ Alekto Erinnye , incessantly 113
→ Megaira Erinnye , envious anger 114
→ Tisiphone Erinnye , retaliation 115
→ Meliads Ash nymphs 116
→ Oceanus ∞ Tethys Titan , Lord of the Ocean 117
→ Tethys ∞ Oceanus Titan , goddess of the sea 118
→ ² → Oceanids Sea and fresh water 119
→ Kronos ∞ Rhea Titan , leader 181
→ Rhea ∞ Kronos Titanine , River of Time 182
→ ² → Hestia Olympian of the hearth 183
→ ² → Hades Olympians of the underworld 184
→ ² → Poseidon Olympians of the sea 185
→ ² → Demeter Olympian , grain 186
→ ² → Zeus ∞ Metis supreme Olympian 187
→ ² → → Athena Olympian of wisdom 188
→ ² → Hera ∞ Zeus Olympian and wife 189
→ ² → → Aphrodite Olympian of love 190
→ ² → → Ares Olympians of War 191
→ ² → → Hephaestus ∞ Aphrodite Olympians of fire 192
→ Koios ∞ Phoibe Titan in Tartaros 200
→ Phoibe ∞ Koios Titanine , the shining one 201
→ ² → Leto ∞ Zeus 202
→ ² → → Artemis Olympian in the hunt 203
→ ² → → Apollo Olympians of light 204
→ ² → Hecate 205
→ Hyperion ∞ Theia Titan of Light 235
→ Theia ∞ Hyperion Titanine 236
→ ² → Helios the sun god 237
→ ² → Selene the moon goddess 238
→ ² → Eos the dawn 239
→ Kreios ∞ Eurybia titanium 240
→ ² → Astraios ∞ Eos Titan of the evening glow 241
→ ² → Pallas titanium 242
→ ² → Perses ∞ Asteria Titan of Destruction 243
→ Themis ∞ Zeus Titaness of Justice 250
→ ² → Thallo Hore (1), spring 251
→ ² → Auxo Hore (1), growth 252
→ ² → Karpo Hore (1), summer 253
→ ² → Dike Hore (2), justice 254
→ ² → Eunomia Hore (2), Legislation 255
→ ² → Irene Hore (2), peace 256
→ ² → eye 12 o'clock, first light 257
→ ² → anatole 12 o'clock, sunrise 258
→ ² → Mousika 12 h, study 249
→ ² → gymnastics 12 o'clock, gymnastics 260
→ ² → nymph 12 h, cleaning 261
→ ² → Mesembria 12 noon 262
→ ² → sponde 12 h, fuel offer 263
→ ² → Elete 12 o'clock, prayer 264
→ ² → file 12 o'clock, food, pleasure 265
→ ² → Hesperis 12 o'clock, evening 266
→ ² → Dysis 12 o'clock, sunset 267
→ ² → Arktos 12 h, last light 268
→ Mnemosyne ∞ Zeus Titanin , the memory 280
→ ² → Klio Muse story 281
→ ² → Euterpe Muse lyric and flute 282
→ ² → Melpomene Muse tragedy 283
→ ² → Erato Muse love poem 284
→ ² → Terpsichore Muse choral lyric and dance 285
→ ² → Urania Muse astronomy 286
→ ² → Thalia Muse comedy 287
→ ² → Polyhymnia Muse singing 288
→ ² → Calliope Muse epic poetry 289
→ Iapetos ∞ Klymene / Asia Titan in Tartaros 290
→ ² → Menoitios the arrogant 291
→ ² → Atlas ∞ Pleione / Hesperia supports heavenly vaults 292
→ ² → → asteropes ∞ Ares Pleiade 293
→ ² → → ⁴ → Oinomaos ∞ steropes King of Pisa 294
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ Hippodameia ∞ Pelops 295
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Atreus ∞ Aërope King of Mycenae 296
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Agamemnon ∞ Clytaimnestra Ruler of Mycenae 297
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Menelaus King of Sparta 298
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Thyestes King of Mycenae 299
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Pelopeia ∞ Thyestes father and daughter 300
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Aigisthos 301
→ ² → → Alkyons ∞ Poseidon Pleiades leader 305
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​Hyrieus 306
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​Aithusa 310
→ ² → → Elektra ∞ Zeus Pleiade 311
→ ² → → ⁴ → Dardanos Ancestor of Troy 312
→ ² → → ⁴ → Iasion Lover of Demeter 313
→ ² → → ⁴ → Harmonia ∞ Cadmos Goddess of unity 314
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ Polydoros ∞ Nykteis King of Thebes 315
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Labdakos 316
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ Ino ∞ Athamas Nurse of Dionysus 317
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Learchos 318
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Melikertes 319
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ Autonoë ∞ Aristaios 320
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → actaion Hunter with 35 dogs 321
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Makris Nurse of Dionysus 322
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ Semele ∞ Zeus 323
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Dionysus Wine god 324
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ Illyrios List of Illyrians 325
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Encheleus Encheleans 326
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Autarieus Autariats 327
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Pannonius Pannonians 328
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Scordiscus Scordisker 329
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Triballus Triballer 330
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Dardanus Dardaner 331
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Maedus 332
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Taulas Taulantier 333
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Perrhaebus 334
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Partho Parthians 335
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Daortho Daorsier 336
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Dassaro Dassaretes 337
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ Agaue ∞ Echion 338
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Pentheus rules over Thebes 339
→ ² → → Kelaino ∞ Poseidon Pleiade 340
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​Lykos 341
→ ² → → Maia ∞ Zeus Pleiade 342
→ ² → → ⁴ → Hermes Olympic messenger of the gods 343
→ ² → → Merope ∞ Sisyphus 344
→ ² → → ⁴ → Glaucos ∞ Eurynomials 345
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ Bellerophon kill the Chimera 346
→ ² → → Taygete ∞ Zeus Pleiade 353
→ ² → → ⁴ → Lacedaemon ∞ Division Ancestor of Sparta 354
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ amyklas ∞ Diomede King of Sparta 355
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Argalos King of Sparta 356
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Dereites 357
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Oibalos ∞ Gorgophone 358
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Arene 359
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Tyndareos King of Sparta 360
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Ikarios establishes viticulture 361
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Kynortas King of Sparta 362
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Perieres King of Sparta 363
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Hyakinthos Lover of Apollo 364
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Laodameia ∞ Arkas 365
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Hegesandra 366
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Polyboia 367
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ Eurydice ∞ Akrisios 368
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Danaë ∞ Zeus 369
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Perseus ∞ Andromeda 370
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Perses in Ethiopia 371
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Alkaios ∞ Astydameia King of Tiryns 372
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → Amphitryon 373
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → Perimede ∞ Likymnios 374
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → Anaxo ∞ Electryon 375
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Sthenelos King of Tiryns 376
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Heleios 377
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Mestor ∞ Lysidike 378
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Kynouros 379
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Electryon ∞ Anaxo King of Mycenae 380
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Gorgophone ∞ Perieres 381
→ ² → → Hyades Nymphs 400
→ ² → → Hesperides 3–7 clairvoyant daughters 401
→ ² → Epimetheus ∞ Pandora the one who thinks accordingly 402
→ ² → → Pyrrha Wife of Deucalion 403
→ ² → Prometheus ∞ Clymene Friend of the people 404
→ ² → → Deucalion ∞ Pyrrha King of Thessaly 405
→ ² → → ⁴ → Melantho 406
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ Delphos Namesake for Delphi 407
→ ² → → ⁴ → Pandora ∞ Zeus with an ominous rifle 408
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ Graikos 409
→ ² → → ⁴ → Protogeneia ∞ Lokros the firstborn 410
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ Opus 411
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ Aethlios ∞ Kalyke King of Elis 412
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Endymion ∞ Selene forever young lover 413
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Aitolos King of Elis 414
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Paion 415
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Epeios ∞ Anaxiroe King of Elis 416
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Eurykyda ∞ Poseidon 417
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Eleios King of Elis 418
→ ² → → ⁴ → Amphictyon King in Attica 424
→ ² → → ⁴ → Hellen ∞ Orseis Eponym of the Hellenes 425
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ Aiolos ∞ Enarete Progenitor of the Aioler 426
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Sisyphus ∞ Tyro King of Corinth 427
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Kretheus King of Iolkos 427
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Athamas ∞ Nephele / Ino King of Boeotia 429
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Salmoneus ∞ Alkidike / Sidero 430
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Deion ∞ Diomede King of Phocis 440
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Ainetos 472
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → actuator ∞ Aegina 473
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Menoitios ∞ Sthenele Argonaut 474
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → Patroclus fights against Troy 475
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Phylakos ∞ Clymene 476
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Iphiklos 477
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Alkimede ∞ Aison 478
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → Jason Leader of the Argonauts 479
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Cephalus ∞ Prokris / Eos 485
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Magnes Magnesia Peninsula 486
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Perieres ∞ Gorgophone King of Messenia 487
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Aphareus ∞ Arene 489
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Lynkeus Argonaut 490
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Idas ∞ Marpessa Argonaut 491
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Leukippos ∞ Philodike King of Messenia 492
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Tyndareos 500
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Ikarios 501
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Makareus 502
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Kanake ∞ Poseidon 503
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Aloeus ∞ Iphimedeia 504
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Epopeus King of Sicyon 505
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Hopleus 506
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Nireus 507
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Triopas 508
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Alkyons ∞ Keyx 520
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Peisidike ∞ Myrmidon 521
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Antiphos 522
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → actuator King of Phthia 523
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Kalyke ∞ Aethlios 524
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → see family tree of the husband 525
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Perimede 526
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ Xuthos ∞ Krëusa founds the Tetrapolis 570
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Diomede ∞ Deion 571
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → see family tree of the husband 572
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Phaëthon 586
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Achaios Progenitor of the Achaeans 590
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Archandros 591
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Archiletes 592
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → ion Ancestor of the Ionians 595
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ Doros Ancestor of the Dorians 604
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Xanthippe ∞ Pleuron 605
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Agenor ∞ epicaste 606
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Porthaon ∞ Euryte King in Pleuron 607
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → Oineus King in Pleuron 608
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → Agrios King in Pleuron 609
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → Alkathoos 610
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → Melas 620
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → Leukopeus 621
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → steropes ∞ Acheloos 622
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → ¹⁰ → sirens 623
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → Demonike ∞ Ares 624
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → Euenos River god 635
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → ¹⁰ → Marpessa ∞ Idas was kidnapped 636
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → ¹⁰ → → Cleopatra an alkyone 637
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → Thestios ∞ Eurythemis King of Pleuron 638
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → ¹⁰ → Althaia ∞ Oineus 639
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → ¹⁰ → Hypermestra ∞ Oikles 660
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → ¹⁰ → Leda ∞ Tyndareos in Sparta 661
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → ¹⁰ → Plexippos hunts Calydonian boar 662
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → ¹⁰ → Eurypylos 663
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → Pylos 664
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → ⁸ → → Molos 665
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → steropes 666
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → Tektamos moves to Crete 667
→ ² → → ⁴ → ​​→ ⁶ → → Asterios 668

Connection to other traditions

In connection with the volcanic explosion on Santorini, the legendary figure Deukalion could refer to an early king of the Athenians around 1500/1600 BC. Or to the legendary Minoan king of Crete . Traces of flooding can be found on Crete at this time; the Santorini explosion is said to have led to violent tsunamis .

The Deucalion myth is very similar to the biblical Noah saga with its arch construction ( cf. Flood ). There are also parallels in the Epic of Gilgamesh .

It is believed that the Greeks recognized Deucalion in the constellation of Aquarius .

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Strabo , Geographica 432.
  2. ^ Pausanias , Travels in Greece 1,18,8.
  3. ↑ a b c Library of Apollodor 1.46.
  4. ↑ Libraries of Apollodorus 3.99.
  5. ↑ Hesiod , Ehoien 5: 1.
  6. ↑ Ovid , Metamorphoses 1.260 to 415.
  7. ↑ Marble Parium ep. 4th
  8. ^ Pausanias, Travels in Greece 10,38,1.
  9. ^ Pausanias, Travels in Greece 10,8,1.