Deucalion And The Flood

Which Bible story does this sound like?

Match the similarities of Deucalion and Noah. When the gods came down now and then from Olympus they found that the early Greeks were very wicked. The kindness of the gods made them no better; so at last Zeus decided to destroy them by a flood. (FMOG p12)

And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered. And the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days. (Genesis 7:19,24)

Prometheus warned the Greeks of their danger. The only person that heeded his warning was his own son, Deucalion. With Pyrrha, his wife, Deucalion got into an ark as soon as the rain began. (FMOG p12)

…the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. Then God said to Noah, “Go out from the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you.” (Genesis 8:4,15)

It rained all over Greece for days and days…. All but the highest mountains were covered…. For nine days the ark drifted… then it grounded. (FMOG p12)

And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold I will destroy them with the earth. (Genesis 6:13)

Deucalion and Pyrrha found that they were on one of the mountains of Greece, called Parnassus…. Of all the Greeks only these two were left. (FMOG p13)

Then the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.” (Genesis 7:1)

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