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Deucalion
A lover who leaped from the Leucadian rock for love of Pyrrha and was cured of his passion; cited as precedent for Sappho's leap.
Reading notes
- The Heroides §15 Deucalion
A lover cured of his passion for Pyrrha by the leap from Leucas; Sappho's precedent.
- The Festivals §4.21 Deucalion
Survivor of the great flood; his "excessive waters" are paired with Phaethon's fire.
- Metamorphoses §1.7 Deucalion
The righteous son of Prometheus who, with Pyrrha, survived the Flood and refounded the human race.