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Ogygian Deluge

Preserved but no longer current.

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Meaning · English

In Greek legend a flood supposed to have taken place two hundred years before Deucalion's flood, when Ogyges was King of Bceotia.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

lụt trong truyền thuyết Hy Lạp xảy ra hai trăm năm trước lụt của Deucalion

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Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)

Sources & notes

Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.

Topics: Historical slang (1800s)

Common questions

What does “Ogygian Deluge” mean?

In Greek legend a flood supposed to have taken place two hundred years before Deucalion's flood, when Ogyges was King of Bceotia.

Is “Ogygian Deluge” formal or informal?

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