Deucalion & Pyrrha Repeople the World by Throwing Stones Behind Them
Artist: Bernard Picart (French, 1673-1733)
Date: 1731
Dimensions:
14 x 10 in. (36 x 25.5 cm)
Medium: Etching
Classification: Prints
Object number: 1984.43
Label Text:Deucalion was the son of Prometheus and the eventual king of Thessaly. Deucalion was instructed by Zeus to build an ark in anticipation of a great flood. For 10 days he and his wife Pyrrha floated on the flood waters. When the waters receded, Deucalion and Pyrrha were instructed by an oracle to repopulate the earth:“Veil your heads, remove the girdles of your robes, and cast behind you the bones of your ancestors.” The “bones” were the stones of mother Earth.
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