ID: 901001940 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001940	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Flood of Deucalion (Greek narrative)

Note: In Greek legend, when Zeus resolved to destroy all humanity by a flood, Deucalion constructed an ark in which, according to one version, he and his wife rode out the flood and landed on Mount Parnassus. According to a story found first in the Roman poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book I, upon offering a sacrifice and inquiring how to renew the human race, they were ordered to cast behind them the bones of their mother. The couple correctly interpreted this to mean they should throw behind them the stones of the hillside (“mother earth”), and they did so. Those stones thrown by Deucalion became men, while those thrown by Pyrrha became women. In early Greek versions Hermes told the couple directly to cast stones behind them.

Names:

	Flood of Deucalion (Greek narrative) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Deucalion's Flood (Greek narrative) (English,U,P)
	Flood of Deucalion and Pyrrha (Greek narrative) (English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek narratives> (P)
		............Flood of Deucalion (Greek narrative) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Pyrrha
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Pyrrha (Greek character)) [901000552]

	actor is .... Deucalion
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Deucalion (Greek character)) [901000551]

	counterpart is .... Noah's Flood
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament narratives, Story of Noah (Old Testament narratives), Noah's Flood (Old Testament narrative)) [901001917]

Other Relationships:

	topic is .... flood (natural event)
	.....(natural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
	.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Flood of Deucalion (Greek narrative)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Deucalion's Flood (Greek narrative)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 91E7 Deucalion's flood; Jupiter sends ...
	Flood of Deucalion and Pyrrha (Greek narrative)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Deucalion," accessed 12 July 2017
	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/377890