Flood Stories from Around the World
Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha (daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora), after floating in the chest for nine days and nights, landed on Parnassus.
At the bidding of Zeus, he threw stones over his head; they became men, and the stones which Pyrrha threw became women.
With Neptune's help, he caused storm and earthquake to flood everything but the summit of Parnassus, where Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha came by boat and found refuge.
Deucalion and Pyrrha, at the advice of an oracle, repopulated the world by throwing "your mother's bones" (stones) behind them; each stone became a person.
The Kings of Atlantis become the Gods of the Greeks
The whole of Greece lay under water, and none but Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha were saved." (Murray's "Mythology" p.
The Deluge Legends of Other Nations
Zeus having worked to destroy the men of the age of bronze, with whose crimes be was wroth, Deucalion, by the advice of Prometheus, his father, constructed a coffer, in which he took refuge with his wife, Pyrrha.
Deucalion and Pyrrha leave it, offer sacrifice, and,
Mount Parnassus
Another significant myth associated with Mount Parnassus is the story of Deucalion and Pyrrha, who survived a great flood sent by Zeus to punish humanity.
According to the myth, after the floodwaters receded, Deucalion and Pyrrha landed on Mount Parnassus.