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ID: 901000551
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000551
Record Type: Character/Person

Deucalion (Greek character)

Note: Son of Prometheus and husband of Pyrrha; hero of the archetypal flood story. Father of Hellen, the mythical ancestor of the Hellenic race.

Names:
Deucalion (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Δευκαλίων (Greek character) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Deucalion (Greek character) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Flood of Deucalion
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek narratives, Flood of Deucalion (Greek narrative)) [901001940]
consort/spouse of .... Pyrrha
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Pyrrha (Greek character)) [901000552]
child of .... Prometheus
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Prometheus (Greek deity)) [901000734]
counterpart is .... Noah
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Noah (Abrahamic religion character)) [901000353]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... legendary character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (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)
affiliated/associated with .... flood (natural event)
.....(natural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Deucalion (Greek character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2002007568
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) mentioned in 95E7 Deucalion's flood
Δευκαλίων (Greek character)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deucalion
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Oxford Companion to Western Art [online] (2008-)
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2002007568

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