Deucalion
Role: mythological king · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 17
At Crete, Theseus was sent to Deucalion. Tradition also credited Deucalion with building the old temple of Olympian Zeus, and cited his tomb near the temple as evidence that he lived at Athens. The most ancient town was said to have been destroyed in Deucalion’s flood.
Deucalion was the parent of Protogenea, Amphictyon and Orestheus. Protogenea was the mother of Aethlius by Zeus; Amphictyon was identified as Deucalion’s son, as was Orestheus, who was king when a bitch gave birth to a piece of wood instead of a puppy.
Relationship record
Life events
- Theseus was sent to Crete to Deucalion.(Book 1 · Chapter 17 · 📍 Crete)
- With: Theseus
- “Accordingly Theseus was sent to Crete to Deucalion”
- Deucalion built the old temple of Olympian Zeus, according to tradition.(Book 1 · Chapter 18 · 📍 temple of Olympian Zeus)
- With: Zeus
- “Deucalion built the old temple of Olympian Zeus”
- The most ancient town was destroyed in Deucalion’s flood.(Book 10 · Chapter 6)
- “The town built by him was they say destroyed in Deucalion’s flood”
Book 1 · Chapter 17
- with Theseus (Theseus is sent to Deucalion in Crete.) “Accordingly Theseus was sent to Crete to Deucalion”
Book 1 · Chapter 18
- with Zeus (Deucalion was said to have built the old temple of Olympian Zeus.) “And they say that Deucalion built the old temple of Olympian Zeus, bringing as evidence that Deucalion lived at Athens his tomb not far from this very temple.”
Book 5 · Chapter 1
- child: Protogenea “The first king in this land was they say Aethlius, the son of Zeus by Protogenea the daughter of Deucalion, and the father of Endymion.”
Book 10 · Chapter 8
- child: Amphictyon (Deucalion is Amphictyon's father.) “Amphictyon the son of Deucalion”
Book 10 · Chapter 38
- child: Orestheus “When Orestheus the son of Deucalion was king of the country, a bitch gave birth to a piece of wood instead of a puppy”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.