Prof. K.
Dickson
Athenian Foundation Myths
Images
of Erichthonius
+
marries
> gives birth to
1st
Generation
Cecrops I (autochthon)
+ Aglaurus > 1 son (childless) and 3 daughters
end of line of Cecrops
2nd Generation
Cranaus (autochthon)
+ ? > 0 son and 3 daughters
end of line of Cranaus
3rd Generation
Amphictyon (autochthon)
+ ? > 0 son and 0 daughter
end of line of Amphictyon
4th Generation
Hephaestus attempts to rape Athena. They
struggle (eris), and
when he ejaculates on her thigh, she wipes off the semen with a piece
of
wool (erion) and throws it on the ground (chthôn).
The
earth (Gaea) conceives and gives birth > Erichthonius.
The 3 daughters of Cecrops I are his nurses; they are driven insane
when
they open the box in which Erichthonius has been kept and discover that
he is a snake OR that he has snakes for legs (!).
5th Generation
Erichthonius (autochthon)
+ Praxithea I > 1 son (Pandion I)
6th Generation
Pandion I + Zeuxippe (aunt) > 2 sons
(Butes &
Erechtheus) and 2 daughters
7th Generation
Erechtheus + Praxithea II > 3 sons
(including Cecrops
II) and 4 daughters
8th Generation
Cecrops II + ? > Pandion II
9th Generation
Pandion II + ? > 4 sons (including
Aegeus, father
of Theseus)...
