Deucalion (mythology)

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.
 * Deucalion, son of Zeus and Iodame, daughter of Itonus. He was the brother of Thebe who became the wife of Ogygus.
 * Deucalion, son of Minos and Pasiphae, and apparently succeeded his older brother Catreus as King of Crete, father of Idomeneus.
 * Deucalion, a soldier Achilles kills in the Iliad to avenge the death of Patroclus.
 * Deucalion, another name of Asterius, came from Pella to join the Argonauts. He was the son of Hypso and probably, Hyperasius. In some accounts, his father was called Hippasus.