Footnotes of interest, for the Cultured few amongst us - in what may end-up as either a modern-day myth-come-true ... or else a Greek tragedy...
Δευκαλίων -> Deucalion or Defkalion The two English translated names: Deucalion, or Defkalion, are one and the same individual, the son of Prometheus - who is also the Greek version of the biblical Noah. Defkalion/Noah survived a great deluge, which had threatened all of Civilization - by virtue of what can best be described as a "container" or box. Starting to sound familiar, metaphorically ? For Noah it was a large Ark. For Defkalion it was a small chest. The Greek account can be found in Ovid's "Metamorphoses". Most of the Mediterranean cultures, including those all the way to India had similar ancient myths of a deluge, or flood, but with different heroes. It is not clear from Ovid if Defkalion's box was colored blue or not <g> Defkalion's aunt, notoriously, was a woman you have all heard of before - a curious gal named Pandora... ... guess the "magic box" thing kinda runs in that family, no? Leading one to wonder: Who's zoomin' who? Jones
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