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.
A central story regarding the origin of this name involves , the mythical ancestor of all Greeks (Hellenes). The Story of Hellen and the Great Flood Watch CE 9F CE BC CE AC CE B4 CE B1 CE
The string "CE 9F CE BC CE AC CE B4 CE B1" is the UTF-8 hex encoding for (Ellada), the Greek name for Greece . Long ago, the king of the gods, Zeus,
Once the waters receded, the couple sought a way to repopulate the earth. They were instructed by the oracle of Themis to "throw the bones of their mother" over their shoulders. Realizing their "mother" was Gaia (the Earth), they began throwing stones. sprang from the stones Deucalion threw. Women sprang from the stones Pyrrha threw. The Story of Hellen and the Great Flood
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 .