Among the children born naturally to Deucalion and Pyrrha was a son named . Hellen eventually became the king of the region and the progenitor of the Greek people. From his name, the land became known as Hellas (or Ellada in modern Greek), and its people became known as the Hellenes . Why "Greece"?
While Greeks call their country , the English name "Greece" actually comes from the Latin word Graecia . This was the name the Romans used after they first encountered a specific group of Hellenes known as the Graikoi . Watch CE 9F CE BC CE AC CE B4 CE B1 CE
Long ago, the king of the gods, Zeus, became angered by the arrogance of humanity and decided to wipe them out with a massive flood. Only two people— and his wife Pyrrha —survived by building a chest that landed on Mount Parnassus. Among the children born naturally to Deucalion and