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	Aglaurus - Main
		Aglaurus and Herse, went mad and perished, Pandrosus was the only one of the sisters to be faithful to the trust.
		Aglaurus death was commemorated at the festival of the Plinteria: Paus.
		Aglaurus at the West Pediment of the Parthenon at Athens
	www.goddess-athena.org /Dictionary/A/Aglaurus_m.htm (298 words)

	Hermes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When Hermes loved Herse, one of three sisters who served Athena as priestesses or parthenos, her jealous older sister Aglaurus stood between them.
		Hermes then impregnated Aglaurus while she was stone.
		With Aglaurus, Hermes was the father of Eumolpus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hermes (2335 words)

	Hermes, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		Also others had later their shapes transformed by Hermes: the Athenian Aglaurus 2 was transformed into a stone [see Envy], and for having offended the gods, he transformed Agron 1 into a plover, Eumelus 5 into a raven, and Alcathoe, Arsippe and Leucippe 4 into birds.
		Aglaurus 2 was consumed by Envy because of Hermes' love for her sister Herse 2.
		She was killed by the serpent coiled about the babe Erichthonius 2, or was driven mad by the anger of Athena, and threw herself from the Acropolis.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Hermes.html (1623 words)

	Cecrops I - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Acropolis was also known as the Cecropia in his honor.
		Cecrops I was the father of three daughters: Herse, Pandrosus and Aglaurus.
		To them was given a box or jar containing the infant Erichthonius of Athens to guard unseen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cecrops_I (427 words)

	Envy, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		Through marrying Aglaurus 1, Cecrops 1 inherited the throne and became the first king of Athens little before the times when The Flood of Deucalion 1 destroyed mankind.
		When he came in, Aglaurus 2 first saw him, and he openly told her who he was and that he was there for Herse 2's sake.
		But Athena, who had not forgotten Aglaurus 2's betrayal and kept an eye on her, could not accept that the same girl who, contrary to her command, had uncovered her secret, would now be in favour with Hermes and with her sister, and besides rich in gold.
	www.forumancientcoins.com /cparada/GML/Envy.html (1579 words)

	The maidservants of Athena - Main
		The oath of arms of the Athenian Ephebes was sworn, after all, in the sanctuary of Aglaurus; among the Gods mentioned in the oath, the war God appeared twice.
		The association of the Ephebes to Pallas became especially clear at one point: they accompanied a statue of the Goddess, appropriately called "Pallas" in the sources, which for some reason was in need of cleaning, to the sea at Phaleron and, after the washing, back again to the city.
		The cited festival of the washing of the cultic image, the Plynteria, was associated with her death.
	www.goddess-athena.org /Athenaeum/Psychology/Athena/The_maidservants_of_Athena_m.htm (926 words)

	Chapter 15b
		Aglaurus and Herse ignore Athena’s warning not to look into the basket.
		Seeing Erichthonius’ snakelike body drives them out of their minds and, according to this legend, Aglaurus and Herse hurl themselves from the Acropolis to their deaths.
		Aglaurus gets turned to stone when she first offers to show Hermes the way to Herse’s bed and then changes her mind and refuses to do so.
	www.la.unm.edu /~katem/Myth/study_guides/chapter_15a.htm (2337 words)

	Procris 2, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		Procris 2 is said to have exchanged bribes for love, and to have received a wonderful gift which caused her death.
		Some say that Procris 2, daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens, committed incest with her father, and that she then gave birth to a daughter Aglaurus 3.
		Aeolus 1, Aglaurus 3, Anticlia 1, Arcisius, Autolycus 1, Cephalus 1, Cephisus, Creusa 1, Ctimene, Deion, Deucalion 1, Diogenia 1, Diomedes 1, Erechtheus, Erichthonius 2, Hellen 1, Hermes, Laertes, Odysseus, Pandion 2, Praxithea 2, Praxithea 4, Procris 2, Xuthus 1, Zeuxippe 2.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Procris2.html (1233 words)

	Athens, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		Some have mentioned Colaenus as first ruler of Attica, but others say that the first king of Attica was Actaeus 1, and that he reigned before The Flood in the age of Deucalion 1.
		King Cecrops 1, who had a body compounded of man and serpent, was a so called "son of the soil", although sometimes he is called son of Gaia.
		He was a contemporary of the utterly impious Lycaon 2, who sacrificed a human baby on the altar of Zeus.
	www.forumancientcoins.com /cparada/GML/Athens.html (1878 words)

	AUTOCHTHONOUS, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		He received the kingdom from Actaeus 1 who had ruled in Attica, after marrying his daughter Aglaurus 1.
		Aglaurus 1 gave birth to Erysichthon 1, Aglaurus 2, Herse 2 and Pandrosus.
		Erysichthon 1 died before his father [for the other children see Athens and Envy].
	www.forumancientcoins.com /cparada/GML/AUTOCHTHONOUS.html (1426 words)

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		By contrast, Scylla and Aglaurus are foregrounded within their rock face settings.
		In her poem about Aglaurus, Townsend references the B movie, suggesting that these stories are more melodramatic.
		Both Scylla and Aglaurus were cursed by other women, in the case of Aglaurus, as a result of her jealousy of her sister.
	www.thepixelplant.net /recreatingthesubject/admindexcontent.asp?client=PatriciaTownsend&e=26&ID=51 (2548 words)

	Euripides, Ion (U. of Saskatchewan)
		This scene is a popular one in Athenian art: it appeared, e.g., on the west pediment of the Parthenon.) Cecrops had three daughters: Herse (Dew), Aglaurus (Bright), and Pandrosus (All-Dewey).
		She struck him with her spear and, in his excitement, he ejaculated prematurely: his semen fell on the earth and she gave birth to the young Erichthonius.
		Aglaurus and Herse peeked and, driven insane by what they saw (either a snake or a child with a snake's tail), jumped to their deaths from the walls of the Acropolis.
	homepage.usask.ca /~jrp638/CourseNotes/IonBckgnd.html (1333 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> fr:Herse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This story supposedly inspired an ancient ritual in Athens: "The Festival of the Dew Carriers" or Arrhephoria.
		Some authors, such as Ovid in his Metamorphoses and Ars amatoria, wrote a different end for Herse and Aglaurus.
		Hermes/Mercury loves Herse but jealous Aglaulus stood between them and refused to move.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/fr:Herse (336 words)

	Mythical Athens presented in Culture section
		Some have mentioned Colaenus as first ruler of Attica, but others say that the first king of Attica was Actaeus, and that he reigned before “The Flood” in the age of Deucalion.
		His daughter Aglaurus married Cecrops, who in this way inherited the throne and became the first king of Athens.
		Cecrops had by Aglaurus one son Erysichthon and three daughters: Aglaurus 2, Herse 2 and Pandrosus.
	www.newsfinder.org /site/comments/mythical_athens (1885 words)

	Athens
		He married Aglaurus and had one son, Erysichthon and three daughters, one named Aglaurus after her mother, the two other ones named Herse and Pandrosus.
		But her sisters Aglaurus and Herse, out of curiosity, convinced her to open the coffin.
		Metion, who married Alcippe, daughter of Aglaurus (one of the daughters of the first Cecrops) and Ares, with whom he had several sons who later evicted Pandion, the son of their uncle Cecrops, from Athens and took over kingship.
	plato-dialogues.org /tools/loc/athens.htm (5201 words)

	Herodotus - The Histories - Page 1324
		For verily the oracle had spoken truth; and it was fated that the whole mainland of Attica should fall beneath the sway of the Persians.
		Right in front of the citadel, but behind the gates and the common ascent where no watch was kept, and no one would have thought it possible that any foot of men may climb a few soldiers mounted from the sanctuary of Aglaurus, Cecrops' daughter, notwithstanding the steepness of the precipice.
		As soon as the Athenians saw them upon the summit, some threw themselves headlong from the wall, and so perished; while others fled for refuge to the inner part of the temple.
	www.galileolibrary.com /ebooks/eu04/herodotus_page_1324.htm (183 words)

	TEST SITE
		His daughter Aglaurus 1 married Cecrops 1, who in this way inherited the throne and became the first king of Athens.
		King Cecrops 1, who had a body compounded of man and serpent, was a so called "son of the soil" and sometimes he is called son of ="GaiaGaia.
		He was a contemporary of the utterly impious ="Lycaon2Lycaon 2, who sacrificed a human baby on the altar of ="ZeusZeus.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /kourosweb/greek/athens.html (1777 words)

	Texts_Athena.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		For the Libyans have a saying that the Goddess is the daughter of Poseidon and Lake Tritonis, and for this reason has blue eyes like Poseidon.
		[2] Above the sanctuary of the Dioscuri is a sacred enclosure of Aglaurus.
		It was to Aglaurus and her sisters, Herse and Pandrosus, that they say Athena gave Erichthonius, whom she had hidden in a chest, forbidding them to pry curiously into what was entrusted to their charge.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /MCL/Classics/Athena/Texts_Athena.html (1757 words)

	AGLAURUS : The legendary mortal from Greek Mythology
		AGLAURUS : The legendary mortal from Greek Mythology
		AGLAURUS Senior was the wife of CECROPS, who bore him Little Miss AGLAURUS Junior.
		The sight of her ugly half-brother ERICHTHONIUS drove her mad, but she must have recovered as she married ARES at one stage and bore him a daughter Alcippe, who seemed to welcome unwelcome sexual advances but little else.
	www.godchecker.com /pantheon/greek-mythology.php?deity=AGLAURUS (114 words)

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		Apparently it was believed that the snakes would not harm one of their own kind.
		The Athenian tradition of their origins are extremely complex and contradictory and there are sources that do list Agraulus as the mother of the girls, with Aglaurus being one of the daughters' names.
		the daughters of Aglaurus: Aglaurus was the wife of Cecrops, king of Athens.
	www3.baylor.edu /~John_Thorburn/ion.html (1589 words)

	LIECHTENSTEIN MUSEUM Wien
		The god’s semen fell on the ground, impregnating the earth goddess Gaia, who bore the infant Erichthonius who had the form of a serpent.
		Minerva had to hide this little monster in a basket that she handed over for safekeeping to the daughters of the Athenian king Cecrops, Aglaurus, Herse and Pandrosus who disobeyed the goddess’s orders that the basket should not be opened and so uncovered its secret.
		Rubens followed Ovid, who leaves the daughters’ curiosity unpunished in his Metamorphoses, while other ancient authors report that the disobedient women went mad at their discovery and threw themselves off the Acropolis.
	www.liechtensteinmuseum.at /en/pages/artbase_main.asp?module=browse&action=m_work&lang=en&sid=674245627&oid=W-1472004121953420221 (385 words)

	Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, page 81 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Erechtheug in the temple named after him (the Erechtheum), the oldest sanctuary on the Athenian Acrfipolis.
		The names of her earliest priestesses, the daughters of Cecrops, Aglaurus, PandrSsus, and Herse, signify the bright air, the dew, and the rain, and are mere personifications of their qualities, of such value to the Athenian territory.
		The sowing season was opened in Attica by three sacred services of ploughing.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /seyffert/0084.html (826 words)

	hss_powell_classical_4\|Theseus and the Myths of Athens\|Essay Questions
		Identify the principal characters in the legend of Cecrops and state briefly how they were involved.
		To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.
		Summarize the original myth and then Ovid's version with the continuation down to Cephalus' adventure in Thebes.
	wps.prenhall.com /hss_powell_classical_4/0,7955,791854-,00.utf8.html (1221 words)

	The Marbles Of The Parthenon
		The eastern frieze, above the temple entrance, shows the sacred rites performed in honor of Athena Polias by the maidens known as Arrhephori, and by the chief priestess.
		This central subject is set between groups of the gods that have their sanctuaries near the Acropolis,-on the one side Aesculapius and Hygeia, Poseidon, Aglaurus, and Pandrosus; on the other, Zeus, Hera, Ares, and others, who in majestic attitudes seem to watch the procession passing in the distance.
		The plan of the composition is simple though grand; the procession advances in two detachments, divided in order to pass along each of the long sides of the temple though united at the starting point in the western facade.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles11/culture-25.shtml (1949 words)

	Ancient History Sourcebook: Pausanias: Description of Greece, Book I: Attica
		When he died, Cecrops, the son-in-law of Actaeus, received the kingdom, and there were born to him daughters, Herse, Aglaurus and Pandrosus, and a son Erysichthon.
		This son did not become king of the Athenians, but happened to die while his father lived, and the kingdom of Cecrops fell to Cranaus, the most powerful of the Athenians.
		[1.18.2] Above the sanctuary of the Dioscuri is a sacred enclosure of Aglaurus.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/ancient/pausanias-bk1.html (19483 words)

	ERICHTHONIUS : The deity from Greek Mythology
		This gave AGLAURUS, Herse, and Pandrosos such a shock that they leapt shrieking off the top of the Acropolis.
		This should have been the end of them, but AGLAURUS and Herse seem to have resurfaced — maybe there was a trampoline at the bottom.
		According to some sources, ERICHTHONIUS went on to become King of Athens heavily into the cult of ATHENA.
	www.godchecker.com /pantheon/greek-mythology.php?deity=ERICHTHONIUS (302 words)

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		Three winners will each receive a bottle of champagne and the first name out of the hat will also receive a print of their choice from WorldGallery on-line print shop.
		Details 539 came from Paolo Veronese's picture called Mercury, Herse and Aglaurus (c1580) - or more explicitly Mercury, in the chamber of Aglaurus, turning Herse into Stone.
		But if you look up this obscure myth in Ovid's Metamorphoses you find that it is in fact Aglaurus who's turned to stone.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010624/ai_n14398391 (240 words)

	Who was Who in Roman Times: Family tree of Aglaurus
		Who was Who in Roman Times: Family tree of Aglaurus
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	www.romansonline.com /Famy.asp?IntID=7526 (77 words)

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