Erechtheus
Sign in to savethumb|A possible sculpture of Erechtheus Erechtheus (; ) 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 begetting of Erechtheus.
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9 sectionsContents
- Erechtheus I
- Erechtheus II, king of Athens
- Family
- Reign
- Erechtheion
- Swinburne's Erechtheus
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|A possible sculpture of Erechtheus Erechtheus (; ) 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 begetting of Erechtheus.
== Erechtheus I ==