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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. Source: Elizabeth Vandiver, Classics 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.