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* DELUGE. 102 DELYANNIS. nnmiiilly recurring imiiidation of a river, may liave jjivcii rise U> it. Hut it is far luore probable that the Haliylonian aioouut, at any rate, origi- nated in a n'lytli describing the jiassage of the sun-god in liisboal through the lieavenly ocean. When the jiresent order of the world was re- garded as tile creation of the sun-god, after a successful conllict with the earth-encircling ocean, it is natural that this myth should, in course of time, take the form of a deluge story relating the cscai)e of a solar hero in the year of the great serpent. This conclusion is also in- dicated by the fact that the story of the Hood is told on the eleventh tablet of a series mani- festly representing the course of a solar person- age through the signs of the zodiac. In the great cosmic year the sun-god meets the cata- clysm of waters in .Aquarius, as in the solar year he encounters in Shebat, the eleventh month, the inundation of the river. I'his mythical origin is believed to be con- lirmed by tlic flood stories of Greece, India, and I'ersia, as well as by the American and Poly- nesian accounts. The story of Deu<'alion"s Hood is known to us through Piiidar (difd c.440 u.c), Olyinp. ix. .37 s<|iualion means 'the little Zeus.' and this young sun-god steers in his ship for Parnassus, the mountain of the gods. The Phrygian myth, of which the bronze coins of .pamea bear witness, in the third century a.d.. has evidenly been influenced by the Jewish account, as the name Noe shows; and the same is true of the Syrian story in Lucian's De Dca Syria, xii. On the other hand, the Indiiin flood story is quite independent of the Semitic. It is founil in it-s earliest form in Caliipalha- hralcmana (c.llOO B.c) ; then in Mahnbhamla and Uhayuialn purnna. JIann, son of Vivisvat. is a solar hero. His divine character is shown by the fact that after the flood he creates not only a new human race, but even gods. Brahma in the form of a fish carries him through the waters. The Iranian story ( Vcndidad, ii. 4(i Sq.) is in too fragmentan- a condition to permit a conclusion. It is unc-crtain whether the flood is in the |)ast or in the future. Yima seems to be identical with -Mimer: if so, the myth belongs to a dilTerent order. The medium through which the 'Mexican, Peruvian, ami (^iban flood >torics have <<ime to us renders it dillicult to determine their original form : but the someAvhat better authenticated Polmesian stories seem lieyond a doubt to have their origin in a .sea-myth. Consult: Usener, nif fiitit/liitHniicii (Bonn. 1899): Andrea, /)ie Flulxtiyrn rlhnofjrnphiKrh hrlriirhlrl (Bruns- wick, 18911 : .Tastrow. Helifiiitii i,f Hahyliiniii iiiiil Assyria (New York. 1S9S) : Billmann. Com- iiirtiliiry on Oriusis (Leipzig. 1892) : N^right, (Iriiliinirnl ('(iiifirmations of the yonilniin Ihlmn' (OlK-rlin. 1902). DELtrSION. See Tn'samty. DELVAU, df-rvo'. Ai.FREn (1825-»57). A French author. lie was born in Paris, and after having been sotTetary to Ledru-Kollin in 1848. while the latter was Minister of the Interior, he devoted himself entirely to literary pursuits. TTe heeame a prolific writer and produced works of the Jnost viiried description, among which his skillful delineations of Parisian customs and curious ])h:U5es of life are the most interesting, and may lay claim to some merit as contributions to the local history of civilization. Of these may be quoted: (iruiuUur <:l dcvailcncc dvs ynscttis (1848) : /.e* dissoiis de I'aris (ISliO); Uistuire uiiicdotiijue des cafes et dis caharcis dv Paris (1802) ; J.ea Vythens iMirisieniies, hisluirc uncciloti(jue dvs bals dc I'aris (1804); Lvs hciircs parisiennca ( ISOti) ; Us lions dii jour ( 1807 ) :. lie al.so pub- lished: Les muruillis rivolutioiiiiaircs (lSol),a curious collection of decre«'s and prcK-lanuitions, placarded during the Stx-ond Republic; An bord dc la Bii^vrCj iinprcssioiis ft sotirciiirs (18.o4); Ucrard de Scrral, sa lie c( ses irurres (1805) ; Ucnri Miirycr ct la Jioheme (1800); and Les ^oniKiiis (Ir xoiiiicts, J(i'i0lfi(i6 (1807). DELVAUX, dei'v.'/, Lairk.nt (109.51778). A Flemish sculptor. He was born in (ihent, and studied his art under Gery Heydelberg and l)ieu- donne Plumier iu Brussels. In 1717 lie went to London, where he spent nine years and executed numerous works for churches and palaces, partly in conjunction with the s(ul|)tor Pieter Schee- iiiaeckcr, of Antwerp. From 1727 to I7;i:i he studied antique art in lt;ily. and, after his re- turn was appointed Court s<-ulptor to the Em- peror Charles VI. He afterwards settled at Xivelles, and there practiced his art up to the time of his death. His productions, character- ized by vigorous treatment, include: A colossal statue of Hercules, in the old royal jialace in Brussels: mausoleum of Leonhard van der Noot, iu the Carmelite church, Brussels: a pulpit, rep- icsciiling the •Tree of 1-ife." in the Catheilnil in (Mieut. the best spivimeu of Flemish sculpture in the eighteenth century; statue of St. Livin, in I lie Museum in Ghent, DELVIGNE, df-l've'ny', Henri Gi .-^tave I 17!l!l Is7tii. A French soldier and inventor, born in Hamburg. He became a captain in the French infantry service, from which he resigned on the outbreak of the Revolution of .Inly (I8:i0). In lS2ii he invented a rifle known by his name. In this rifle the chamber was smaller than the bore, with which it was connected by a sjihcrical surfaw equal in liidius to the ball used. The powder was pouicil from the muzzle into the chamber, upon which the ball rcstcil when dropped into the bore. The ball was then made to take the rilling grooves by ramming. This invention marks an imiiortant step in the improvement of the rille. IVlvigue also devised some life-saving
 * ipparatus. jiarticularly life-rockets. His publica-

tions include /-.'x/Kixe d'lin noiirvau syslrme d'linnrmi III piiiir Viiifanlirir (lS:iO). DELYANTflS, or DELIJANNIS, TiiKono- Hos ( IS20 — ). .- Greek s(atcsin;iii. born at Kalavryta. in the Peloponnesus. He studii^d law in .-Mliens, entered the (oveniiiieiit serviie in I84.'t. and was rapidly promoted to high positions. In the various Cabinets from I80;l lo 1878 he held ollice nine times, either as Min- ister of Foreign .Mfairs, or of Finnnce.s, or of Worship and Instruction. lie was the repre- sentative of Gri'cce at the Berlin Congress in 1878. ;ind siiceeeded in obtaining an cslension of (ciritoiy fiu- his country. In 1885 lu^ formed n new Alinistrv. but his jMilicy led to a block- ade of the (iicek coast by a fleet of the great Powers, and he resigned in 1880. He was Prime Mini-ter again in 1890-92. but his unsatisfactory m:intigeiiient of finances led to his dismissal. He