Deluges
(3 syl.). The chief, besides that recorded in the Bible, are
the following:—The deluge of Fohi, the Chinese; the
Satyavrata, of the Indians; the Xisuthrus, of the Assyrians;
the Mexican deluge; and the Greek deluges of Deucalion and Ogyges.
The most celebrated painting of Noah's Flood is by Poussin, in
Paris; and that by Raphael is in the Vatican (Rome).
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