Why did Zeus flood the world?

human

goodness

deluge

(flood)

ZEUS HERMES LYCAON

King Lycaon

wolf

cannibal

x BAD

Lycaon

LUKOS

luko

lycos

wolf

ZEUS HERMES PHILEMON

BAUCIS

poor, old

Philemon & Baucis

temple

hospitality

GOOD

GOOD Deucalion

Pyrrha

9-day flood

Throw the bones of your

mother . . .

DEUCALION

PYRRHA

Stones people

“bones of their mother” (GAEA)

A S I A M I N O R

Lystra

Paul & Barnabas

They thought Barnabas & Paul were Zeus & Hermes,

so they sacrificed to them to keep these “gods” happy.

Zeus destroyed wicked mankind with a deluge,

so that the world could start over.