Deucalion (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Deucalion or Deukalion (/dju:keɪli:ən/; Ancient Greek: Δευκαλίων) was the name of the following characters:
- Deucalion, son of Prometheus, survivor of the Deucalian flood.[1]
- Deucalion, son of Zeus and Iodame, daughter of Itonus.[2] He was the brother of Thebe who became the wife of Ogygus.[3]
- Deucalion, son of Minos and Pasiphae, and apparently succeeded his older brother Catreus as King of Crete, father of Idomeneus.[4]
- Deucalion, a soldier Achilles kills in the Iliad to avenge the death of Patroclus.[5]
- Deucalion, another name of Asterius,[6] came from Pella to join the Argonauts. He was the son of Hypso[7] and probably, Hyperasius.[6] In some accounts, his father was called Hippasus.[8]