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DEUCALION , in See also:Greek See also:legend, son of See also:Prometheus, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of Phthia in See also:Thessaly, See also:husband of Pyrrha, and See also:father of Hellen, the mythical ancestor of the Hellenic See also:race. When See also:Zeus had resolved to destroy an mankind by a See also:flood, Deucalion constructed a See also:boat or See also:ark, in which, after drifting nine days and nights, he landed on See also:Mount See also:Parnassus (according to others, Othrys, Aetna or See also:Athos) with his wife. Having offered See also:sacrifice and inquired how to renew the human race, they were ordered to See also:cast behind them the " bones of the See also:great See also:mother," that is, the stones from the See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill-See also:side. The stones thrown by Deucalion became men, those thrown by Pyrrha, See also:women.
See See also:Apollodorus i. 7, 2; See also:Ovid, Metam. i. 243-415; See also:Apollonius Rhodius iii. 1085 ff.; H. Usener, See also:Die Sintflutsagen (1899).
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