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Erechtheus. Erechtheus (/ ɪˈrɛkθjuːs, - θiəs /; Ancient Greek: Ἐρεχθεύς) in Greek mythology was a king of Athens, the founder of the polis and, in his role as god, attached to Poseidon, as "Poseidon Erechtheus". The name Erichthonius is carried by a son of Erechtheus, but Plutarch conflated the two names in the myth of the ...
Erichthonius (son of Hephaestus) In Greek mythology, King Erichthonius (/ ərɪkˈθoʊniəs /; Ancient Greek: Ἐριχθόνιος, romanized: Erikhthónios) was a legendary early ruler of ancient Athens. According to some myths, he was autochthonous (born of the soil, or Earth) and adopted or raised by the goddess Athena. Early Greek texts ...
Erechtheion. The Erechtheion[2] (/ ɪˈrɛkθiən /, latinized as Erechtheum / ɪˈrɛkθiəm, ˌɛrɪkˈθiːəm /; Ancient Greek: Ἐρέχθειον, Greek: Ερέχθειο) or Temple of Athena Polias[3] is an ancient Greek Ionic temple on the north side of the Acropolis, Athens, which was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena.
The two disobedient sisters are driven mad when they see the contents of the chest (in some versions of the myth, they see Erechtheus being guarded by a giant snake; in others, they see Erechtheus himself in the form of a snake), and hurl themselves off of the northern slope of the Acropolis, falling to their deaths. As the dutiful sister ...
In Greek mythology, Chione (/ kaɪˈoʊniː /; [1] Ancient Greek: Χιόνη Khione from χιών chiōn, "snow") [2] was the daughter of Boreas, the god of the north wind, and Orithyia a daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens. Chione was the sister of Cleopatra (wife of Phineus, king of Thrace) and the Argonauts, Calaïs and Zetes. [3]
Panathenaea. The Panathenaea (or Panathenaia) was a multi-day ancient Greek festival held annually in Athens that would always conclude on 28 Hekatombaion, the first month of the Attic calendar. [1] The main purpose of the festival was for Athenians and non-Athenians to celebrate the goddess Athena. [2] Every four years, the festival was ...
Pandion I. In Greek mythology, Pandion I (/ pænˈdaɪɒn /; Ancient Greek: Πανδίων) was a legendary King of Athens, the son and heir to Erichthonius of Athens and his wife, the naiad Praxithea. [1] Through his father, he was the grandson of the god Hephaestus.
Creusa was the youngest daughter of Erechtheus, King of Athens and his wife, Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Diogeneia. [1] She was the sister of Protogeneia, Pandora, Procris, Oreithyia, Chthonia, [2] Cecrops, Pandorus and Metion. [3] Her other possible siblings were Merope, [4] Orneus, [5] Thespius, [6] Eupalamus [7] and Sicyon.