Editing Deucalion (section)

== Family ==
Of Deucalion's birth, the ''[[Argonautica]]''<ref>[[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], 3.1404-1408</ref> (from the 3rd century BC) stated:

{{blockquote|text=There [in [[Achaea]], i.e. Greece] is a land encircled by lofty mountains, rich in sheep and in pasture, where [[Prometheus]], son of [[Iapetus]], begat goodly Deucalion, who first founded cities and reared temples to the immortal gods, and first ruled over men. This land the neighbours who dwell around call ''Haemonia'' [i.e. [[Thessaly]]].}}

According to ''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Bibliotheca]]'',<ref name=":1">[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.7.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%20:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Deucalion 1.7.2]</ref> Deucalion and Pyrrha had at least two children, [[Hellen]]<ref>[[Thucydides]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Thuc.+1.3.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0200:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Deucalion 1.3.2]; Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.7.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%20:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Deucalion 1.7.2] where some account states that Hellen’s father is instead Zeus</ref> and [[Protogeneia|Protogenea]],<ref>[[Pherecydes of Athens|Pherecydes]], fr. 3F23; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#155 155]</ref> and possibly a third, [[Amphictyon]].<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.14.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%20:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Deucalion 3.14.6] where in some traditions, he was called an [[Autochthon (ancient Greece)|autochthonous]] (son of the soil); [[Pseudo-Scymnus|Pseudo-Scymnos]], ''Circuit de la terre'' [https://topostext.org/work/130#587 587 ff.]</ref> Another account, adds a daughter [[Melanthea]] to the list of the couple’s progeny.<ref>Hesiod, ''Catalogue of Women'' [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hesiod-catalogue_women/2018/pb_LCL503.47.xml fr. 5 Most, pp. 46, 47] [= fr. 4 Merkelbach-West, p. 5 = Scholia on [[Homer]]'s ''[[Odyssey]]'' 10.2 (Dindorf, [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_l6oNAAAAQAAJ/page/n45/mode/2up?view=theater p. 444])]</ref> This daughter, also called  [[Melantho]], became the mother of [[Delphus]] by [[Poseidon]].<ref>[[Tzetzes]] ad [[Lycophron]], [https://topostext.org/work/860#207 208] [[iarchive:isaakioukaiiann00mlgoog/page/n556/mode/1up|(Gk. text)]]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}}

Deucalion’s and Pyrrha’s children are apparently named in one of the oldest texts, ''[[Catalogue of Women]]'', include daughters [[Pandora of Thessaly|Pandora]] and [[Thyia of Thessaly|Thyia]], and at least one son, Hellen.<ref>Hes. ''Catalogue'' fr. 2, 5 and 7; cf. M.L. West (1985) ''The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women''. Oxford, pp. 50–2, who posits that a third daughter, Protogeneia, who was named at (e.g.) Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text;jsessionid=3503A1B6D4134062D00965BD225DDB77?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D5%3Achapter%3D1%3Asection%3D3 5.1.3], was also present in the ''Catalogue''.</ref> Their descendants were said to have dwelt and ruled in Thessaly.<ref>Hesiod, ''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]'' fr. 5 as cited in [[Scholia]]st on Apollonius Rhodius, 4.265–426</ref>

One source mentioned three sons of Deucalion and his wife: [[Orestheus]], [[Marathonius|Marathonios]] and [[Pronous (mythology)|Pronous]] (father of Hellen).<ref name=":2">[[Hecataeus of Miletus|Hecateus]], fr. 1F13 ([[Timothy Gantz|Gantz]], [[iarchive:earlygreekmythgu0001gant/page/167/mode/1up|p. 167]])</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Gantz|first=Timothy|title=Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Ancient Sources|publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University Press]]|year=1993|isbn=0-8018-4410-X|location=London|pages=167}}</ref> Lastly, Deucalion sired a son, no mention of the mother, [[Candybus]] who gave his name to the town of [[Kandyba|Candyba]] in [[Lycia]].<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. [https://topostext.org/work/241#K354.4 ''Kandyba (Κάνδυβα)'']</ref> 
{{chart top|'''Genealogy'''<ref>Grimal, [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofclas0000grim/page/530/mode/2up?view=theater p. 531]; Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA702 p. 702].</ref>|collapsed=yes}}
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{{chart| | | | | | | | | PRO | | EPI |y| PAN | PRO=[[Prometheus]] | CLY=[[Clymene (mythology)|Clymene]] | EPI=[[Epimetheus (mythology)|Epimetheus]] | PAN=[[Pandora]]}}
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{{chart| | | | | | | | | HEL |y| ORS | HEL=[[Hellen]] |ORS=[[Orseis]]}}
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{{chart| | | DOR | | | | | | XUT | | | | | AEO | DOR=[[Dorus]] | XUT=[[Xuthus]] | AEO=[[Aeolus (son of Hellen)|Aeolus]]}}
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|+ class="nowrap" |Comparative table of Deucalion's family
! rowspan="3" |Relation
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! rowspan="2" |[[Hellanicus of Lesbos|Hellan.]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Acusilaus|Acus.]]
! colspan="2" |[[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollon.]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Diodorus Siculus|Diod.]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|Diony.]]
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! rowspan="2" |[[Strabo]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollod.]]
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! rowspan="2" |[[Pausanias (geographer)|Paus.]]
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! rowspan="2" |[[Stephanus of Byzantium|Steph.]]
! rowspan="2" |''[[Suda]]''
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|''<small>Sch. [[Odyssey|Ody.]]</small>''
|''<small>[[Catalogue of Women|Cat.]]</small>''
|''<small>[[Argonautica|Arg.]]</small>''
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|''<small>[[Metamorphoses|Met.]]</small>''
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|''<small>[[Fabulae|Fab.]]</small>''
|''<small>Div. Ins.</small>''
|''<small>Lyco.</small>''
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