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2646085 Deucalion and Pyrrha throwing stones, 1517-18 (fresco) (detail of 2646084) by Peruzzi, Baldassarre (1481-1536); Villa Farnesina, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: Rome, Villa Farnesina, The Hall of Perspectives: the ample frieze with mythological scenes inspired by the Ovid Metamorphoses. Detail of Deucalion and Pyrrha throwing stones. Frescoes by Baldassarre Peruzzi (1517-8). Once the deluge was over and the couple had given thanks to Zeus, Deucalion (said in several of the sources to have been aged 82 at the time) consulted an oracle of Themis about how to repopulate the earth. He was told to cover his head and throw the bones of your mother behind your shoulder. Deucalion and Pyrrha understood that "mother" is Gaia, the mother of all living things, and the "bones" to be rocks. They threw the rocks behind their shoulders and the stones formed people. Pyrrha\'s became women; Deucalion\'s became men. Roma, Villa Farnesina, Sala delle Prospettive: fregio superiore con scene mitologiche ispirate alle Metamorfosi di Ovidio. Particolare con Deucalione e Pirra che tirano pietre. Affreschi di Baldassarre Peruzzi (1517-8). Deucalione e Pirra, a capo coperto, sono chinati nell?atto di raccogliere e gettare alle loro spalle le pietre. Il tempio sullo sfondo e quello della dea Temi a cui i due coniugi si sono rivolti in preghiera per sapere come poter ripopolare il mondo. Il vaticinio della dea ordinava ai due di coprirsi il capo e raccogliere le ?ossa della grande madre? (Ovidio, Met., I, v. 383), cioe le pietre ossa della terra, e di gettarle alle loro spalle. Le pietre si trasformano cos穫 in uomini e donne, a seconda che a lanciarle sia Deucalione o Pirra.); Ghigo Roli; Italian, out of copyright.
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