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  Aglaulus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aglaulus is a figure in Greek mythology, daughter of Cecrops.
Aglaulus and Herse opened the box which contained the infant and future-king, Erichthonius.
Aglaulus had two offspring, Aclippe (with Ares) and Eumolpus (with Hermes).
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 Erichthonius of Athens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Athena then gave three sisters, Herse, Pandrosus and Aglaulus the box and warned them to never open it.
Overcome with curiosity, Aglaulus and Herse (although sources are unclear whether only one sister, or all three participated) opened the box which contained the infant and future-king, Erichthonius ("troubles born from the earth").
The sister were terrified by the sight that awaited them - either a snake coiled around an infant, or an infant that was half-man and half-serpent - the sisters went insane and threw themselves off the Acropolis.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Erichthonius_of_Athens   (472 words)

  
 Aglaulus
When the city of Athens was once under siege for a very long time, Aglaulus voluntarily hurled herself from the Acropolis, because an oracle had spoken that through such a sacrifice the city would be saved.
According to other sources, the goddess Athena had entrusted the three sisters a small box that was not to be opened under any circumstance; the young hero Erichthonius had been laid inside the box.
When Aglaulus and Herse opened the box and looked upon the face of the child, they were stricken with madness, and hurled themselves from the Acropolis.
www.pantheon.org /articles/a/aglaulus.html   (141 words)

  
 Pandrosus - One Language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Athena in turn gave the baby in a small box to three sisters, Herse, Pandrosus, and Aglaulus, warning them to never open it.
Aglaulus and Herse opened the box despite these instructions, went insane at the sight, and threw themselves off the Acropolis.
As in the first version, Herse and Aglaulus went insane and threw themselves off a cliff to their deaths.
www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Pandrosus   (241 words)

  
 Hermes - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
He was changed into a hermaphrodite by the gods, responding to the pleas of Salmacis, whose love Hermaphroditus spurned.
When Hermés loved Herse, a jealous Aglaulus stood between them and refused to move.
With Aglaulus, Hermés was the father of Eumolpus.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Hermes   (1783 words)

  
 iqexpand.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Herse / Aglaulus / Pandrosus When Hermes loved Herse, a jealous Aglaulus stood between them and refused to move.
Herse / Aglaulus / Pandrosus When Hermēs loved Herse, a jealous Aglaulus stood between them and refused to move.
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 Alcippe Definition / Alcippe Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
She was the daughter of Ares Ares ("man," "male, "strife"), in Greek mythology, is the god of war and son of Zeus and Hera.
When Halirrhotius raped Alcippe, Ares' daughter by Aglaulus, Ares murdered him, for which he was tried in a court -- the first murder trial in history.
[click for more], raped Alcippe, Ares' daughter by Aglaulus, Ares killed him for which he was tried in a court, the first trial in history on the mountain named Aerophagus, which was named after Ares.
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 Herse was a figure in Greek mythology Greek mythology daughter...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Athena gave three sisters: Herse, Pandrosus Pandrosus and Aglaulus Aglaulus the baby in a small box and warned them to never open it.
The sight caused Herse and Aglaulus to go insane and they threw themselves off the Acropolis Acropolis.
An alternative version of the same story is that, while Athena was gone bring a mountain from Pallena Pallena to use in the Acropolis, the sisters, minus Pandrosus again, opened the box.
www.biodatabase.de /Herse   (267 words)

  
 Ares Definition / Ares Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
When Halirrhotius, son of Poseidon, raped Alcippe, Ares' daughter by Aglaulus, Ares killed him for which he was tried in a court, the first trial in history on the mountain named Aerophagus, which was named after Ares.
[click for more], Ares' daughter by Aglaulus, Ares murdered him, for which he was tried in a court -- the first murder trial in history.
His companions included his sister Eris, his sons Phobos and Deimos, and EnyoIn Greek mythology, Enyo ("horror") was an ancient goddess known by the epithet "Waster of Cities" and frequently depicted as being covered in blood and carrying weapons of war.
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 Erichthonius
Athena gave three sisters, Herse, Pandrosus and Aglaulus a small box and warned them to never open it.
Aglaulus and Herse opened the box which contained the infant and future-king, Erichthonius ("troubles born from the earth").
Rubens, The daughters of Cecrops finding the infant Erichthonius of Athens, 1616
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