Editing Deucalion (section)

=== Variant stories ===
On the other hand, [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus]] stated Deucalion's parents to be Prometheus and Clymene, daughter of [[Oceanus]], and mentioned nothing about a flood but instead named him as commander of those from Parnassus who drove the "sixth generation" of [[Pelasgians]] from Thessaly.<ref name=":0">[[Dionysius of Halicarnassus]], ''Antiquitates Romanae'' [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus/1B*.html#17.3 1.17.3]</ref>

One of the earliest Greek historians, [[Hecataeus of Miletus]], was said to have written a book about Deucalion, but it no longer survived. The only extant fragment of his to mention Deucalion does not mention the flood either, but named him as the father of Orestheus, king of [[Aetolia]].<ref name=":2" /> The much later geographer [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], following on this tradition, named Deucalion as a king of [[Ozolian Locris]] and father of Orestheus.

[[Plutarch]] mentioned a legend that Deucalion and Pyrrha had settled in [[Dodona]], [[Epirus]];<ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Life of Pyrrhus'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg030.perseus-eng1:1 1]</ref> while [[Strabo]] asserted that they lived at [[Opus, Greece|Cynus]], and that her grave was still to be found there, while his may be seen at [[Athens]].<ref>Strabo, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Strab.+9.4.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0198:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Deucalion 9.4.2]</ref> This can be related to an account that after the deluge, Deucalion, founder and king of [[Lycoreia]] in [[Mount Parnassus|Mt. Parnassus]]<ref>''[[Parian Chronicle]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/119#3 3]; [[Jerome|St. Jerome]], ''[[Chronicon]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/530#B1535 B1535]</ref> was said to have fled from his kingdom to Athens with his sons Hellen and Amphictyon during the reign of King [[Cranaus]]. Shortly thereafter, Deucalion died there and was said to have been buried near Athens.<ref>Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.18.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Deucalion 1.18.8]; [[Eusebius]], ''Chronicle'' 2, p. 26; ''[[Parian Chronicle]]'' 4-7</ref> During his stay in there, he was credited with having built the ancient sanctuary of Olympian Zeus.<ref>Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.18.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Deucalion 1.18.8]; ''Parian Chronicle'' [https://topostext.org/work/119#5 5]</ref> Additionally, Strabo mentioned a pair of [[Aegean Islands|Aegean islands]] named after the couple.<ref>Strabo, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Strab.++9.5.14&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0198:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Deucalion 9.5.14]</ref>