“The first worldwide flood in Greek mythology, the Ogygian deluge occurred during his reign and derives its name from him, though some sources regard it as a local flood, such as an inundation of Lake Copais, a large lake once in the center of Boeotia. Other sources see it as a flood associated with Attica. This latter view was accepted by Africanus, who says “that great and first flood occurred in Attica, when Phoroneus was king of Argos, as Acusilaus relates.”
When this deluge has been considered global, a similarity is noticed with Noah’s flood in the Bible. Various dates have been assigned to the event, including 9500 BCE (Plato), 2136 BCE (Varro), and 1793 BCE (Africanus)….
“The Ogygian flood is so called because it occurred in the time of Ogyges, a mythical king of Attica…. Plato in his Laws, Book III, estimates that this flood occurred 10,000 years before his time. Also in Timaeus (22) and in Critias (111-112) Plato describes the “great deluge of all” during the tenth millennium B.C.E”. – New World Encyclopedia
In the Greek stories, which appear to also predate any later Jewish interactions (the 300s B.C.E), we see mention of a flood discussed in a very secular manner, as opposed to religious or mythological manner.
We see that there were various suggested dates for this flood, some nearing the proposed Biblical date. It is interesting to note that the Greek story may have been picked up from an even older source, even though predating Jewish cultural interaction, and yet is considered very similar to the Hebrew account.
It is possible perhaps they had learned it from other Middle Eastern cultures they had interacted with, sometime in the 800s-700s B.C.
The similarities to the Hebrew account are:
- Flood of large or global scale
- Flood dates back to the time period of earliest humanity
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