The word cataclysm itself carries the memory of catastrophic flooding. It derives from the Greek cataclysmos, their term for the great deluge that reshaped the ancient world. In Greek mythology, Deucalion received forewarning from Zeus about an approaching flood and built an ark to survive, accompanied by his wife Pyra. The parallels to the biblical flood narrative are undeniable, yet the Greek account preserves details the Hebrew version omits, including the name of the survivor's wife. These aren't just stories. They're cultural memories of real events, preserved in different traditions across the Mediterranean world. When multiple civilizations independently record catastrophic flooding, separated by geography but united in their core details, the question becomes not whether such events occurred, but when and how many times.