Zeus decided it was time for the whole human experiment to be brought to a close. To that end he gathered the clouds into a storm so intense that the land was flooded and all the people of Greece and the Mediterranean world were drowned. All, save Deucalion and Pyrrha who—thanks to the perspicacity of Prometheus—survived the nine days of high water aboard their wooden chest, which floated safely on the flood. Like good survivalists they had kept their chest well provisioned with food, drink, and a few useful tools and artifacts, so that when the deluge finally receded and their vessel was able
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So many traditions have floods wiping out humanity.
