Three core deluge accounts appear in Greek folklore each with its own Noahic figure: Ogyges, Deucalion, and Dardanus. Of the 3 basic Greek legends, Deucalion’s flood is by far more famous than the other two. Deucalion’s flood exceeds the time of Apollodorus. The legend is also told by the Greek poet, Pindar ( c.518 – c.438 B.C.), but his version parallels Apollodorus’ description. The Greeks believe that Deucalion’s flood is much more ancient than the Greek scholars who tell of it, because in a Greek chronological table made in 265 B.C, the Chronicler dated Deucalion’s flood in the year 1539 B.C.

Deucalion, who was king of Phthia, was warned by his father, Prometheus, of a flood that Zeus was going to send to destroy mankind. Deucalion built an ark or a chest, which he filled with provisions to sustain himself and his wife, Pyrra. After Deucalion and Pyrra entered into the ark, Zeus poured a great rain from the sky upon the earth. The rain flooded the greater part of Greece and broke the mountains of Thessaly, so that the world beyond the Isthmus and Peloponnese was overwhelmed. Everyone perished except those who sought refuge from the mountains. Deucalion and Pyrra rode the flood for 9 days and 9 nights in the safe confines of the ark. The chest then landed on Parnassus Mountain, and the rain ceased. Deucalion and Pyrra sacrificed to Zeus after disembarking from the ark.