Deucalion And Pyrrha And Noah's Ark: A Comparative Analysis

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The Greek story “Deucalion and Pyrrha" and the Bible story, Noah’s Ark are both stories that revolve around a flood. Both stories include many similarities and a few differences. Some comparisons include the following, The biblical and Greek stories have many similarities such as with the war breaking out, both of the main characters were faithful to the Gods, and a difference is where and how many characters there are in each of the stories and the setting. The main point to each of the stories is the flood that happens. In both stories before the led up to the flood a war is breaking out. In Noah’s Ark the world was violent. In “Deucalion and Pyrrha” when work started children starved. So for both selections during the war and the build

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