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From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], he was one of the only survivors of the ''Great Flood'', according to [[Ovid]], along with his [[wife]], [[Pyrrha]]; they repopulate the world by throwing stones over their shoulders. Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]], authority on Greek mythology and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This definition is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' for [[The Teaching Company]].
From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], he was one of the only survivors of the ''Great Flood'', according to [[Ovid]], along with his [[wife]], [[Pyrrha]]; they repopulate the world by throwing stones over their shoulders.

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Deucalion [r]: From Greek mythology, he was one of the only survivors of the Great Flood, according to Ovid, along with his wife, Pyrrha; they repopulate the world by throwing stones over their shoulders.