Erichthonius

Expels Amphictyon and becomes king of Athens.

Genealogy

Athena, Atthis

Hephaestus

Athena (mother)

Ardalus, Palaemon, Periphetes

Praxithea

Pandion

Places
  1. Athens
  2. Attica
  3. Mount Olympus
  4. Unknown
Events
  1. Erichthonius is born from Hephaestus’ ejaculate wiped from Athena’s leg
  2. Athena raises Erichtonius in secret
  3. Athena shuts Erichthonius in a chest
  4. Athena gives Pandrosus a chest in which Erichthonius is enclosed
  5. Pandrosus’ sisters open Athena’s chest
  6. Erichthonius expels Amphictyon from Attica
  7. Erichthonius rules Attica
  8. Erichthonius sets up the wooden image of Athena in the acropolis and starts the festival of Panathenaea
  9. When Erichthonius dies and is buried in the same precinct of Athena, Pandion becomes king
  10. The sisters of Pandrosus are destroyed by the serpent in Erichthonius’ chest
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 14.6
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 14.7
  3. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 2.6
  4. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 5.3
  5. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 14.6
  6. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 18.2
  7. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 24.7
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