Ogygian Flood

• The Ogygian Flood is named after the Greek King Ogyges, the first mythical King of Attica.

Plato

• Plato (424-347 BCE) wrote that the Ogygian Flood occurred 10,000 years (c.10,000 BCE) before his lifetime, (Plato’s ‘Laws’, Book III).
• Plato describes it as the greatest Flood during a 9,000 period when Floods were common, a period apparently dominated by Athens and Atlantis.

The Three Flood Myths of Ancient Greece

• Flood of Ogyges, ended the Silver Age.
• Flood of Deucalion, ended the first Bronze Age.
• Flood of Dardanus

Ages of Man

• The Five Ages of Man in Greek Mythology were first described by Hesiod in c. 700 BCE. Later St. Jerome added specific dates.
  • Golden Age (c.1710-1674 BCE)
  • Silver Age (c.1674-1628 BCE) ended by the Ogygian Flood.
  • Bronze Age (c.1628-1472 BCE) ended by the Deucalion Flood.
  • Heroic Age (c.1460-1103 BCE)
  • Iron Age (1103 BCE-300 CE)