Deucalion (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Deucalion or Deukalion (/dju:keɪli:ən/; Ancient Greek: Δευκαλίων) was the name of the following characters:

• Deucalion, son of Prometheus, survivor of the Deucalian flood.^[1]
• Deucalion, son of Zeus and Iodame, daughter of Itonus.^[2] He was the brother of Thebe who became the wife of Ogygus.^[3]
• Deucalion, son of Minos and Pasiphae, and apparently succeeded his older brother Catreus as King of Crete, father of Idomeneus.^[4]
• Deucalion, a soldier Achilles kills in the Iliad to avenge the death of Patroclus.^[5]
• Deucalion, another name of Asterius,^[6] came from Pella to join the Argonauts. He was the son of Hypso^[7] and probably, Hyperasius. In some accounts, his father was called Hippasus.^[8]

Notes

1. The scholia to Homer, Odyssey 10.2 names Clymene as the commonly identified mother, along with Hesione (citing Acusilaus, FGrH 2 F 34) and possibly Pronoia.
2. Book: Murray, John . A Classical Manual, being a Mythological, Historical and Geographical Commentary on Pope's Homer, and Dryden's Aeneid of Virgil with a Copious Index . 1833 . Albemarle Street, London . 8.
3. [Tzetzes]
4. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
5. Homer, Iliad 20.478 ff.
6. [Apollonius of Rhodes]
7. [Gaius Valerius Flaccus|Valerius Flaccus]
8. [Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]

References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at theio.com.
• Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonauticon. Otto Kramer. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.